一、莱姆病研究简史1.莱姆病的首次报告1975年,在美国康涅狄格州东部一个人口约5000,名叫莱姆的小镇,有位8岁的小女孩被诊断为少年型类风湿关节炎。这孩子的母亲注意到,最近一段时间家里其他孩子也诉有同样的症状。当时这引起了耶鲁大学Steers及其小组的重视,于是将小儿39例、成人12例再发性关节炎以莱姆关节炎为名作了报告。这种莱姆关节炎患者,在关节症状出现前都有呈环状扩大的 A Brief History of Lyme Disease 1. First Report of Lyme Disease In 1975, an 8-year-old girl was diagnosed as a juvenile type in the small town of Lyme in the eastern part of the state of Connecticut in the United States. Rheumatoid arthritis. The child’s mother noticed that the other children in the family also complained of the same symptoms in recent days. At that time, it caused the attention of Steers and his group at Yale University. So 39 cases of pediatric and 12 cases of adult recurrent arthritis were reported under the name of Lyme arthritis. This Lyme arthritis patients have annular expansion before the onset of joint symptoms