08.04.2019
08.04.2019:
Erlend Roaldsnes, Randi Eikeland and Dag Berild have commented on my article on Lyme borreliosis. They request more information than I can provide within the framework of a comment. The distribution of Borrelia genotypes is different in the USA and Europe. Borrelia burgdoferi sensu stricto is the only type occurring in the USA. It is 'arthritogenic'. In Norway, Borrelia garinii is the source of Bannwarth's syndrome, the most frequent type of neuroborreliosis. Borrelia afzelii causes acrodermatitis, atypical forms of neuroborreliosis (1), and may give rise to diffuse symptoms in the...