Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Reported Lyme Disease, United States, 2020

McCormick, David W.; Kugeler, Kiersten J.; Marx, Grace E.; Jayanthi, Praveena; Dietz, Stephanie; Mead, Paul; Hinckley, Alison F.

doi:10.3201/eid2710.210903

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Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Reported Lyme Disease, United States, 2020

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10 2021
By McCormick, David W. ; Kugeler, Kiersten J. ; Marx, Grace E. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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McCormick, David W. ; Kugeler, Kiersten J. ; Marx, Grace E. ; Jayanthi, Praveena ; Dietz, Stephanie ; Mead, Paul ; Hinckley, Alison F.
Description:

Surveys indicate US residents spent more time outdoors in 2020 than in 2019, but fewer tick bite-related emergency department visits and Lyme disease laboratory tests were reported. Despite ongoing exposure, Lyme disease case reporting for 2020 might be artificially reduced due to coronavirus disease-associated changes in healthcare-seeking behavior.
Subjects:

Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Humans Lyme Disease Pandemics Sars-Cov-2 Tick Bites
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 27(10):2715-2717
Pubmed ID:

34545801
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC8462321
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Journal Article
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United States
Location:

North America
Volume:

27
Issue:

10
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:d656c17e2585355e0ea4302e3e9948f72341d4fab62cfeb2784fda77f2218a17
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