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Lyme Disease - What Health Professionals Need To Know

Resources, Evidence and Research Sources

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NICE
Overview | Lyme disease | Guidance | NICE
Lyme disease | Health topics A to Z | CKS | NICE
Overview | Lyme disease | Quality standards | NICE


RCGP / BMJ
Course: Lyme Disease Toolkit | RCGP Learning
Summary of Lyme Disease | RCGP Learning e-learning module
Lyme disease: Antibiotic choices - visual summary


UKHSA
Lyme disease: sample testing advice - GOV.UK
UKHSA Lyme disease: resources & guidance
UKHSA Tips and tricks to stay safe from ticks


Evidence & Research
Resources for Health Professionals For Health Professionals | Lyme Resource Centre
Key Lyme Disease Research Evidence - Summary
• Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center https://www.hopkinslyme.org/
• Columbia University - Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center Columbia-Lyme.org
Bay Area Lyme Foundation
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

 

UK Voluntary Organisations
Lyme Resource Centre
Lyme Disease UK
Lyme Disease Action


Additional References
Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antibodies in English adult blood donors: A
nationwide cross-sectional study, 2021–2022 - ScienceDirect

Seroprevalence of Lyme borreliosis in Scottish blood donors - Munro - 2015 - Transfusion
Medicine - Wiley Online Library

Incidence and management of Lyme disease: a Scottish general practice retrospective study |
BJGP Open 2024;8 Mavin S, Guntupalli S, Robb M.

Reappraisal of PTLDS Fallon BA, Petkova E, Keilp JG, Britton CB. A reappraisal of the US
Clinical trials of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. Open Neurol J. 2012;6:79-87
Borrelia persistence following antibiotics Embers ME, Barthold SW, Borda JT et al.
• Fallon BA et al, Recent Progress in Lyme Disease and Remaining Challenges. Front Med
(Lausanne). 2021 Aug 
Commercial test kits for detection of Lyme borreliosis: a meta-analysis of test accuracy - PubMed
High frequency of paediatric facial nerve palsy due to Lyme disease in a geographically endemic
region

• Murray E, Cruikshank A, Husain Z et al, Lyme Disease Experience Survey 2024 - All Responses
Summary Posters, Cambridge Open Engage, Sept 2024 DOI 10.33774/coe-2024-xtwgm Lyme
Disease Experience Survey 2024 - All Responses Summary Posters | Life Sciences | Cambridge
Open Engage

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