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.



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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.

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