Mistrust, unclear test results, differing guidance all part of Lyme puzzle

Every year, 300,000 Americans are diagnosed as having Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferibacteria and transmitted by a bite from blacklegged ticks. The number of cases has risen each year since the disease was first identified in the mid-1970s in Lyme, Connecticut.

But unlike other diseases, time has not provided crystal clarity in diagnosing the disease nor certainty in treating it. And Lyme has been wreathed in suspicions by patients and an at-times confusing clinical course.

Bioweapon conspiracy debunked

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See also:

Jul 18 Tufts Now article “Lyme bacterium predates the U.S. lab that conspiracy theorists say unleashed ticks on public”

Aug 11 Washington Post Telford commentary “No, Lyme disease is not an escaped military bioweapon, despite what conspiracy theorists say”

IDSA Lyme treatment draft guidelines

ILADS treatment guidelines

CDC PTLDS page

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