Abstract Background Although Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infection in
the United States, diagnostic accuracy within community settings is not well characterized …

Objectives To evaluate the impact of false-positive IgM immunoblots on Lyme disease
treatment and case reporting in a large healthcare system. Methods We obtained the results …

Background. Lyme disease is diagnosed by 2-tiered serologic testing in patients with a
compatible clinical illness, but the significance of positive test results in low-prevalence …

National surveillance provides important information about Lyme disease (LD) but is subject
to underreporting and variations in practice. Information is limited about the national …

Background Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infection in the United States
with 300,000 estimated cases per year. Objective The purpose of this study was to compare …

Background Primary care is likely to see the highest number of Lyme disease patients.
Despite this, there is limited published data regarding Lyme disease patients accessing …

Background Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne infection in North America, is
increasingly reported. When the characteristic rash, erythema migrans, is not recognized …

We evaluated MarketScan, a large commercial insurance claims database, for its potential
use as a stable and consistent source of information on Lyme disease diagnoses in the …

Estimating the Frequency of Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018 - PMC Back
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Abstract In 2015, we founded Pedi Lyme Net, a pediatric Lyme disease research network
comprising 8 emergency departments in the United States. Of 2,497 children evaluated at 1 …