What country has the highest rate of Lyme disease?
What country has the highest rate of Lyme disease? Clusters of countries and subnational regions with high Lyme disease incidence (>100 per 100,000 persons per year) are evident across Eastern, Northern, and Western Europe. Estonia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Switzerland were identified as the countries with the highest national incidence.
Is Lyme disease a problem in Europe?
The disease can be found mainly in Europe, North America and temperate Asia. Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans. This rash occurs in approximately 60–80% of infected persons and begins at the site of a tick bite after a delay of 3–30 days.