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Pathogenesis of Lyme disease

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The etiology and pathogenesis of Lyme disease are reviewed and the value of the condition as a human model for an infectious etiology of rheumatic disease is discussed. Similarities between Lyme disease and rheumatoid arthritis are considered.

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Malawista, S.E. Pathogenesis of Lyme disease. Rheumatol Int 9, 233–235 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271887

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