3.E.9 Number of Lyme disease cases per 10 thous. population
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 3. Good health and well-being
Priority
Development of health prevention and rehabilitation and health promotion
Definition
Lyme disease cases per 10 thousand population.
Unit
persons
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Morbidity is the frequency of new cases of a disease in a studied population.
Lyme disease (Latin: borreliosis, morbus Lyme) is a multisystemic infectious disease caused by bacteria belonging to spirochetes. The most common genospecies that are the etiological factor are: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii, transmitted to humans and some animals by ticks of the genus Ixodes. Human infection occurs after the tick bites and feeds on the skin. The reservoir of the spirochete is numerous species of animals, mainly rodents.
