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. 2020 Dec;26(12):3099-3101.
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.200920.

Pediatric Lyme Disease Biobank, United States, 2015-2020

Lise E Nigrovic, Desire N Neville, Fran Balamuth, Michael N Levas, Jonathan E Bennett, Anupam B Kharbanda, Amy D Thompson, John A Branda, Aris C Garro; Pedi Lyme Net Working Group

Pediatric Lyme Disease Biobank, United States, 2015-2020

Lise E Nigrovic et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; United States; bacteria; bacterial zoonoses; biobank; diagnosis; pediatrics; tick-borne infections; vector-borne infections; zoonoses.

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