August 28, 2019

What Diseases Do Ticks Carry? Multiple Infections Explained Ticks can transmit multiple infectious agents, making them one of the most important vectors of disease in the United States. “Besides the rise in the number of cases of Lyme disease, caused by genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. complex, important tick-borne diseases also include anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, […]

Chronic Lyme Disease or Somatic Symptom Disorder in Children? Seven children were reclassified with somatic symptom disorder. Persistent Lyme symptoms remain controversial in children. School attendance and daily functioning were significantly impaired. Peri and colleagues reviewed the medical records of children admitted to a hospital in Italy between January 2016 and December 2018. They identified