Lyme disease descibes the clinical syndrome caused by infection with ''[[Borrelia burgdorferi]]'' in humans, dogs, horses, cattle and sheep. The disease is named after the town of Lyme[http://townlyme.org/] in Connecticut, USA where clinical cases were first described in humans in 1975. | Lyme disease descibes the clinical syndrome caused by infection with ''[[Borrelia burgdorferi]]'' in humans, dogs, horses, cattle and sheep. The disease is named after the town of Lyme[http://townlyme.org/] in Connecticut, USA where clinical cases were first described in humans in 1975. |