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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: McCormick DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature