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The Platelet Fraction Is a Novel Reservoir to Detect Lyme Borrelia in Blood
Biology, 2020 Serological diagnosis of Lyme disease suffers from considerable limitations. Yet, the technique cannot currently be replaced by direct detection methods, such as bacterial culture or molecular analysis, due to their inadequate sensitivity.
Victoria P. Sanderson +4 more
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The utility of “Google Trends” for epidemiological research: Lyme disease as an example
Geospatial Health, 2010 Internet search engines have become an increasingly popular resource for accessing health-related information. The key words used as well as the number and geographic location of searches can provide trend data, as have recently been made available by ...
Ari Seifter +3 more
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Outpatient visits before and after Lyme disease diagnosis in a Maryland employer-based health plan
BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Insurance claims data have been used to inform an understanding of Lyme disease epidemiology and cost of care, however few such studies have incorporated post-treatment symptoms following diagnosis.
Alison W. Rebman +6 more
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Antimicrobial Activity of Bee Venom and Melittin against Borrelia burgdorferi
Antibiotics, 2017 Lyme disease is a tick-borne, multi-systemic disease, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Though antibiotics are used as a primary treatment, relapse often occurs after the discontinuation of antimicrobial agents. The reason for relapse remains
Kayla M. Socarras +4 more
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A diagnostic classifier for gene expression-based identification of early Lyme disease
Communications Medicine, 2022 Servellita et al. develop a machine learning-based classifier to diagnose Lyme disease using gene expression data. The classifier achieves high sensitivity for early infections, even prior to positivity on antibody testing.
Venice Servellita +13 more
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2000 Lyme disease, which is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted in the United States primarily by Ixodes scapularis (the deer tick), is the most common vector borne disease in the United States. Its most frequent manifestation, a characteristic, expanding annular rash (erythema migrans), sometimes accompanied by myalgia, arthralgia, and malaise ...
E D, Shapiro, M A, Gerber
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Lyme disease cases reported in seven Canadian provinces from 2009 to 2019 through the Lyme Disease Enhanced Surveillance System are described herein by demographic, geography, time and season. The proportion of males was greater than females.
Kiera Murison +7 more
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Seasonality of Acute Lyme Disease in Children
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 Due to the life cycle of its vector, Lyme disease has known seasonal variation. However, investigations focused on children have been limited. Our objective was to evaluate the seasonality of pediatric Lyme disease in three endemic regions in the United ...
Kathryn M. Sundheim +8 more
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Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 1994 This chapter focuses on Lyme disease, a systemic illness caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, considered the most common tick-borne disease in the United States. Since the original discovery of Lyme arthritis in the mid 1970s, the clinical spectrum of Lyme disease has been expanded to include a wide variety of organ systems, primarily the ...
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Experience of Lyme disease and preferences for precautions: A cross-sectional survey of UK patients [PDF]
, 2013 This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. Copyright @ 2013 Marcu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http ...
David Uzzell +14 more
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