Pediatric Lyme Disease Biobank, United States, 2015-2020. Emerg Infect Dis 2020 Dec;26(12):3099-3101
Date
11/22/2020Pubmed ID
33219811Pubmed Central ID
PMC7706969DOI
10.3201/eid2612.200920Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85096814926 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 8 CitationsAbstract
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.
Author List
Nigrovic LE, Neville DN, Balamuth F, Levas MN, Bennett JE, Kharbanda AB, Thompson AD, Branda JA, Garro AC, Pedi Lyme Net Working GroupAuthor
Michael Levas MD Associate Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsBiological Specimen Banks
Borrelia burgdorferi
Child
Humans
Ixodes
Lyme Disease
United States