The history of Lyme disease in Italy and its spread in the Italian territory

• Main Authors: Giusto Trevisan (Author), Maurizio Ruscio (Author), Marina Cinco (Author), Katiuscia Nan (Author), Patrizia Forgione (Author), Nicola Di Meo (Author), Paolo Tranchini (Author), Massimo Nacca (Author), Silvana Trincone (Author), Sara Giordana Rimoldi (Author), Vania Giacomet (Author), Michela Ricci (Author), Davide Melandri (Author), Stefania Artioli (Author), Patrizia Monteforte (Author), Giuseppe Stinco (Author), Serena Bonin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common vector-borne zoonotic inflammatory disease in the Northern Hemisphere. In Italy, the first case was diagnosed in 1985 in a woman in Liguria, while the second, in 1986 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, documenting the infection in northern Italy. Both diagnoses were c...