Recent monitoring rule modifications led to a major enhance in reported Lyme illness instances within the U.S.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention up to date definitions to raised perceive the tick-borne illness. In 2022, reported instances rose by 68.5% after the brand new definition went into impact.
"The new Lyme disease case definition allows us to get a more accurate count of Lyme disease cases in high-incidence areas, which will improve our understanding of Lyme disease and its impact on people living in the United States," says Dr. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic.
Lyme illness has contaminated greater than 14% of the world’s inhabitants, in response to a brand new examine. "It’s significant," says Dr. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic.
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