[Neurologic aspects of Lyme disease]

The neurological manifestations of Lyme disease--a condition caused by a spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi) and transmitted by a tick Ixodes dammini)--consist of chronic lymphocytic meningitis, cranial neuritis and radiculoneuritis associated to varying degrees. The tick-borne meningoradiculitis well known in Europe (Garin-Bujadoux-Bannwarth syndrome) appears, with very slight differences, as equivalent to the neurological manifestations of Lyme disease. Lesions of the central nervous system, which occur long after the B. burgdorferi infection, are thought to represent a tertiary stage of Lyme disease.