New Lyme Disease Test Could Deliver Results in 20 Minutes
An improved test for Lyme disease which resembles an AI-guided form of the at-home COVID-19 test could provide accurate results within 20 minutes.
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Scientists Map Genetics of Lyme Disease Bacteria
Completion of the genetic mapping of all 23 known species of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease will improve predictions and response to the disease.
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Sharp Increase Seen in Lyme Disease Cases in 2022 After Revised Definition
In 2022, there was an increase in the number of reported Lyme disease cases following the implementation of a revised surveillance case definition.
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Sharp Increase Seen in Lyme Disease Cases in 2022 After Revised Definition
THURSDAY, Feb. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In 2022, there was an increase in the number of...
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Blacks More Likely to Have Disseminated Manifestations of Lyme Disease
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black patients are more likely to be diagnosed...
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Biological Sex Tied to Symptoms, Severity of Lyme Disease
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Biological sex should be included in Lyme disease...
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Full Resolution of Symptoms Seen in Most Children With Lyme Disease
MONDAY, May 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most children with Lyme disease experience full...
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A Prospective Study to Characterize Symptoms and Symptom Severity in Adult Patients with Extracutaneous Manifestations of Lyme Disease: Extracutaneous Lyme Disease.
Systematic assessments of the presence and severity of particular symptoms over time are...
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Global Seroprevalence of Tickborne Lyme Disease About 14.5 Percent
TUESDAY, June 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The reported estimated global seroprevalence of...
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Mistaken Identity: Many Diagnoses are Frequently Misattributed to Lyme Disease.
Prior studies have demonstrated that Lyme disease is frequently over-diagnosed. However, few...
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Lyme Disease Often Diagnosed Later Among Black Patients
THURSDAY, Oct. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Black patients with Lyme disease are often...
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Lyme Disease Tied to Higher Risk for Psychiatric Conditions, Suicide
TUESDAY, Aug. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients hospitalized with Lyme disease have a...
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Pediatric Lyme Disease
This review states that children are disproportionally influenced by Lyme illness, which is...
Read MoreLyme Disease in Humans.
Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is a tick-borne, zoonosis of adults and children caused by genospecies of the sensu lato complex. The ailment, widespread throughout the Northern Hemisphere, continues to increase globally due to...
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Neuropathy mimicking dental pain on a patient diagnosed with Lyme disease.
This report documents a case of a patient who developed neuropathy, which presented as dental pain...
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Recommendations Developed for Management of Lyme Disease
Public comment period for these guidelines has been extended 30 days to Sept. 9, 2019
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Estimated U.K. Incidence Rate of Lyme Disease 12.1 per 100,000
If increase continues, more than 8,000 cases expected in United Kingdom by end of 2019
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Climate Change Expected to Lead to Rise in Lyme Disease
Rising temperatures contribute to more ticks and greater availability of hosts
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New Lyme Disease Map Outlines Where Ticks are on the Rise
The forecast map, created by Michael Yabsley, a parasitologist at the University of Georgia, and...
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Wearable Biosensors Can Flag Illness, Lyme Disease, Risk for Diabetes
A new study reveals your smart watch can detect when you’re getting sick. Stanford researchers...
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