Abstract Background Chronic Lyme disease (LD) is a matter of debate worldwide and has
emerged as a social problem. We aim to analyze the media content and describe the …

Abstract Background Media coverage of Lyme disease (LD) has led to an increase in
consultations for presumed LD in Europe. However, LD is confirmed in only 10%–20% of …

Social science studies on the controversy surrounding Lyme disease (LD) focused on the
opposition between the “mainstream” and biomedical approach on one side and the “Lyme …

Background Healthcare providers frequently struggle to provide effective care to patients
with chronic Lyme-associated symptoms (chronic Lyme disease, CLD), potentially causing …

Background: People using the Internet to find information on health issues, such as specific
diseases, usually start their search from a general search engine, for example, Google …

Background Little is known about risk factors for early (eg, erythema migrans) and
disseminated Lyme disease manifestations, such as arthritis, neurological complications …

Objectives To describe the role of the internet and cognitive biases in the controversy
surrounding chronic Lyme disease. The attribution of chronic but aspecific symptoms to …

Non-specific symptoms in later stages of Lyme disease (LD) may mimic a variety of
autoimmune, viral, or complex diseases. Patients lacking erythema migrans or who test …

The quality of information presented on health‐related websites—in terms of
comprehensiveness, accuracy and consistency—is a public health concern. To date, the …

In this article, we examine the arguments made by authors of published academic articles
concerning the debates surrounding chronic Lyme disease (CLD). CLD is an example of a …