- Title
- Lyme Borreliosis, the Australian perspective
- Creator
- Wills, Michelle Catherine
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 1995
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- In 1989 when this study commenced, Lyme disease or Lyme Borreliosis (LB), was still a relatively recently identified disease entity. The earliest clinical description of some aspects of this disease are from Europe and extend back as far as 1883. These observations accumulated for nearly a century before the various manifestations were correlated and described as a single entity. Clinically, the description of LB is complex and comprises a diverse range of syndromes. Research established that distinct differences in the clinical presentations of patients occurred depending on the geographical locality in which they were infected. Anecdotal reports that an illness not dissimilar to the Northern Hemisphere LB was common in the of New South Wales (NSW) began circulating in the late 1980's. However, because of the geographical isolation of Australia from the Northern Hemisphere it seemed at that time only a remote possibility that such a disease could exist on this continent. If it did exist, it was questionable as to how likely it would be that it had the same cause as Northern Hemisphere LB. This dissertation has been directed towards obtaining conclusive evidence that LB exists in Australia.
- Subject
- Lyme disease; Lyme Borreliosis (LB); Australia; Manning Valley District (New South Wales)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1350473
- Identifier
- uon:30560
- Rights
- Copyright 1995 Michelle Catherine Wills
- Language
- eng
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