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

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 diseas...

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Autores principales: McCormick, David W., Kugeler, Kiersten J., Marx, Grace E., Jayanthi, Praveena, Dietz, Stephanie, Mead, Paul, Hinckley, Alison F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34545801
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2710.210903
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author McCormick, David W.
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Jayanthi, Praveena
Dietz, Stephanie
Mead, Paul
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spelling pubmed-84623212021-10-07 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. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8462321/ /pubmed/34545801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2710.210903 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Reported Lyme Disease, United States, 2020
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title_sort effects of covid-19 pandemic on reported lyme disease, united states, 2020
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