Abstract
Lyme disease is a vector-borne infection, primarily transmitted by Ixodes ticks,
and caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. It has a wide distribution in the northern
hemisphere. In Korea, however, only one human case has been reported, although
B. burgdorferi was isolated from the vector tick I. persulcatus in the region. A
60-year-old male and a 45-year-old female developed the clinical sign of
erythema migrans. Each patients were bitten by a tick four weeks and five weeks,
respectively, before entering the hospital. On serologic examination,
significantly increased IgM and IgG antibody titers to B. burgdorferi were
observed in consecutive tests performed at an interval of two weeks. They
responded well to treatment with tetracycline.