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. 2002 Apr;8(4):427-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid0804.000413.

Mapping Lyme disease incidence for diagnostic and preventive decisions, Maryland

Christina Frank  1 , Alan D Fix, César A Peña, G Thomas Strickland
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Mapping Lyme disease incidence for diagnostic and preventive decisions, Maryland

Christina Frank et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Apr.

Abstract

To support diagnostic and preventive decision making, we analyzed incidence of Lyme disease in Maryland on the zip code level. Areas of high incidence were identified on the Upper Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay and in counties north and east of Baltimore City. These latter foci, especially, are not visible when mapping Lyme disease on the county level.

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Average annual incidence of Lyme disease by zip code, Maryland, 1993–1998.
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