Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 24. (Budapest, 1991)

ECM - particularly the monosymptomatic form - occurs more frequently in childhood and in females. Lb may occur in all age groups. Bannwarth's syndrome is more frequent in men than in women. Acrodermatitis occurs only in adulthood. Lb is one of the most important clinical and bacteriological discoveries of the last decades. Many field of medicine are involved in the protean disease. Lb is prevalent in Hungary. Its outcome depends mainly on the physician's knowledge: to cure a long-lasting, chronic illness only the correct diagnosis should be established and the appropriate treatment administered. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would like to thank Rudolf Ackermann (Neurologic University Clinic of Cologne) and Richard Grodzicky, as well as Allen C. Steere (Yale University), for generously providing standard strains for serological work. Josef Leopold (Biochrom, Schoeller Pharma) obtained some important material for culture medium. The author also thank Miklós Janisch (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest) for his assistance in conducting tick work and Gyöngyi Nagy for her excellent technical assistance. Göran T. Stiernstedt (Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm) helped in cultivating the first Hungarian tick isolates and gave important suggestions in clinical and serological work. István Horváth (Institute for Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) gave valuable help in the statistical analysis. Gábor Nyerges, Mihály Makara and László Tímár (Central Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Budapest) provided helpful comments on the manuscript. This work was supported in parts by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences-Soros Foundation and the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Lakos A.: Lyme borreliosis Magyarországon, 1984-1989 A Lyme borreliosis (Lb) az utóbbi évtizedek egyik legfontosabb klinikai és bakteriológiai felfedezése. A kórokozó, a Borrelia burgdorferi 1982-es izolálása számos kórkép eredetének tisztázásához vezetett. Európában és Észak-Amerikában az Lb a leggyakoribb kullancs által terjesztett betegség. A jelen feldolgozás célja a klinikum és a hazai epidemiológia leírása. A szerző 1984től 1989-ig 1175 beteg diagnosztizálásában vett részt. A betegek 44%-ának volt az Lb-re jellemző erythema chronicum migransa, 30%-uknak idegrendszeri, 25%-nak reumatológiai tünetei voltak. A közlemény ezen betegek klinikai, terápiás és epidemiológiai sajátságait tárgyaljaREFERENCES 1. Ackermann, R., Rehse-Küpper, B. und Gollmer, E. (1985): Progressive Borrelien-Enzephalomyelitis. Chronische Manifestation der Erythema-chronicummigrans-Krankheit am Nervensystem. - Dtsch. med Wochenschr. 110: 1039-1042. 2. Ackermann, R., Hörstrup, P. and Schmidt, R. (1984): Tick-borne meningopolyneuritis (Garin-Bujadoux, Bannwarth). - Yale J. BioL Med 57: 485-490. 3. Aeschlimann, A., Gern, L., Zhioua, E., Frossard, E. and Walter, A. (1988): Observations of two high risk populations from the Swiss Plateau, a region heavily