Racial Differences in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in Children. Clin Infect Dis 2023 Mar 21;76(6):1129-1131
Date
11/01/2022Pubmed ID
36314085DOI
10.1093/cid/ciac863Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85150752350 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 8 CitationsAbstract
Black children with Lyme disease compared with children of other races were less likely to have an erythema migrans lesion diagnosed (adjusted odds ratio, 0.34; 95% confidence interval, .14-.79) but more likely to have a swollen joint (adjusted odds ratio, 3.68; 95% confidence interval, 2.13-6.36) after adjustment for age and local Lyme incidence.
Author List
Hunt KM, Michelson KA, Balamuth F, Thompson AD, Levas MN, Neville DN, Kharbanda AB, Chapman L, Nigrovic LE, for Pedi Lyme NetAuthor
Michael Levas MD Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
ChildData Collection
Humans
Lyme Disease