I. Reviews A. Steere AC. Lyme disease. N Engl J Med 1989; 321:586-96. Current, comprehensive, and authoritative. B. Benach JL, Bosler EM, eds. Lyme disease and related disorders. Ann NY Acad Sci 1988;539:1513. A major compendium marked by both breadth and depth of clinical and basic science data; specific articles cited later. C. Steere AC, ed. First international symposium on Lyme disease. Yale J Biol Med 1984;57:445713. Another essential storehouse of information; specific articles cited later. D. Goldings EA, Jericho J. Lyme disease. Clin Rheum Dis 1986;12:343-67. Highly informative and detailed. E. Andiman WA. Lyme disease: epidemiology, eftology, clinical spectrum, diagnosis and treatment. Adv Pediatr Infect Dis 1986;1:163-86. Distinctively straightforward and readable. II. Journal articles: Etiology A. Steere AC, Grodzicki RL, Kornblatt AN, et al. The spirochetal etiology of Lyme disease. N Engl J Med 1983;308:733-40. Classic documentation of the presence of the organism in blood, skin, and cerebrospinal fluid of patients and in nymphs and larvae of Ixodes dammini; specific IgG and lgM responses are also outlined. B. Berger BW, Kaplan MH, Rothenberg IR, et al. Isolation and characterization of the Lyme disease spirochete from the skin of patients with erythema chronicum migrans. J AM ACAD DERMATOt1985;13:444-9.