| Steere
and colleagues [1] observed persistent and recurrent Lyme disease
in the their first paper published 1977 in adults and children
in eastern Connecticut communities. The “typical Lyme
disease patient had three recurrences”, with “some
attacks lasting for months.”
References
1.
Steere AC, Malawista SE, Snydman DR, Shope RE, Andiman WA, Ross
MR, Steele FM. Lyme arthritis: an epidemic of oligoarticular
arthritis in children and adults in three Connecticut communities.
Arthritis Rheum 1977 Jan-Feb;20(1):7-17.
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