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Pediatric Lyme Disease Biobank,United States, 2015–2020 |
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| Authors: | Lise E. Nigrovic Desire N. Neville Fran Balamuth Michael N. Levas Jonathan E. Bennett Anupam B. Kharbanda Amy D. Thompson John A. Branda Aris C. Garro the Pedi Lyme Net Working Group |
| 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 of these sites for Lyme disease, 515 (20.6%) were infected. This network is a unique resource for evaluating new approaches for diagnosing Lyme disease in children. |
| Keywords: | Lyme disease biobank diagnosis pediatrics vector-borne infections tick-borne infections zoonoses bacterial zoonoses bacteria United States Borrelia burgdorferi |