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Excess Healthcare Costs and Resource Utilisation of Lyme Borreliosis in Germany: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study. [PDF]

Zoonoses Public Health
ABSTRACT Aim Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick‐borne disease in Germany; however, data on the economic burden of LB are limited. In this study, we aim to report healthcare costs, healthcare resource utilisation (HCRU) and diagnostic consumption associated with LB by clinical manifestation.
Brestrich G, Diesing J, Kossack N, Stark JH, Pilz A, Yu H, Suess J.   +6 more
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Bridging the gap: Insights in the immunopathology of Lyme borreliosis. [PDF]

Eur J Immunol
Lyme borreliosis is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato transmitted by Ixodes ticks. The disease progresses from early localized infection to more severe conditions driven by ongoing inflammation. Understanding the role of Th1/Th2 balance, B‐cell dysfunction, and autoimmunity in Lyme borreliosis pathogenesis could improve diagnosis and treatment ...
Snik ME, Stouthamer NEIM, Hovius JW, van Gool MMJ.   +3 more
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“Repurposing” Disulfiram in the Treatment of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Retrospective Review of First 3 Years’ Experience in One Medical Practice

Antibiotics, 2020
A total of 71 patients with Lyme disease were identified for analysis in whom treatment with disulfiram was initiated between 15 March 2017 and 15 March 2020. Four patients were lost to follow-up, leaving 67 evaluable patients.
Jiachen Gao, Zhaodi Gong, Dawn Montesano, Erica Glazer, Kenneth Liegner   +4 more
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Characteristics of Lyme optic neuritis: a case report of Lyme associated bilateral optic neuritis and systematic review of the literature

BMC Neurology, 2022
Optic Neuritis is rare in Lyme borreliosis. The current knowledge of optic nerve involvement in Lyme borreliosis relies solely on case reports. The aim of this systematic review was to characterize and investigate the associated factors of optic neuritis
Yezhong Lu, Ramin Zand
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Applying BERT and ChatGPT for Sentiment Analysis of Lyme Disease in Scientific Literature [PDF]

Springer Nature - Methods in Molecular Biology Book series, 2024, 2023
This chapter presents a practical guide for conducting Sentiment Analysis using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques in the domain of tick-borne disease text. The aim is to demonstrate the process of how the presence of bias in the discourse surrounding chronic manifestations of the disease can be evaluated. The goal is to use a dataset of 5643
arxiv   +1 more source

Predicting the risk of Lyme borreliosis after a tick bite, using a structural equation model. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
BACKGROUND:Understanding and quantification of the risk of Lyme borreliosis after a tick bite can aid development of prevention strategies against Lyme borreliosis.
Agnetha Hofhuis, Jan van de Kassteele, Hein Sprong, Cees C van den Wijngaard, Margriet G Harms, Manoj Fonville, Arieke Docters van Leeuwen, Mariana Simões, Wilfrid van Pelt   +8 more
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Multilocus sequence typing of clinical Borreliella afzelii strains: population structure and differential ability to disseminate in humans

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Lyme borreliosis in humans results in a range of clinical manifestations, thought to be partly due to differences in the pathogenicity of the infecting strain.
Floriane Gallais, Sylvie J. De Martino, Erik A. Sauleau, Yves Hansmann, Dan Lipsker, Cédric Lenormand, Emilie Talagrand-Reboul, Pierre H. Boyer, Nathalie Boulanger, Benoît Jaulhac, Frédéric Schramm   +10 more
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Optimization of treatment of patients with lyme borelliosis and human granulocytic anaplasmosis

Вісник медичних і біологічних досліджень, 2022
Summary. Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a tick-borne infectious disease with multisystemic manifestations caused by the genes of the Borrelia burgdorferi s complex. l. From 2000 to 2020, more than 30,000 diseases were registered in Ukraine.
M.T. Huk, M.A. Andreychyn
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Serological testing for Lyme Borreliosis in general practice: A qualitative study among Dutch general practitioners

European Journal of General Practice, 2020
Background Concerns are raised about missed, delayed and inappropriate diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis. Quantitative descriptive studies have demonstrated non-adherence to the guidelines for testing for Lyme Borreliosis. Objectives To gain insight into the
Tjitske M. Vreugdenhil, Mariska Leeflang, Joppe W. Hovius, Hein Sprong, Jettie Bont, C. W. Ang, Jeanette Pols, Henk C. P. M. Van Weert   +7 more
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No evidence of Borrelia mayonii in an endemic area for Lyme borreliosis in France

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Borrelia mayonii is currently the latest species belonging to the Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) complex to be discovered. Interestingly it is involved in human pathology causing a high fever.
Pierre H. Boyer, Sylvie J. De Martino, Yves Hansmann, Laurence Zilliox, Nathalie Boulanger, Benoît Jaulhac   +5 more
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