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No evidence single doxycycline dosage for Lyme disease prevention is effective in children

The authors reference a small study to support their recommendation for using a single doxycycline dosage for Lyme disease prevention. The study, conducted by Drs. Fish, Nadelman and Wormser, however, involved adults, not children. ² And it was designed to demonstrate that a single dose of doxycycline could prevent an erythma migrans (EM) rash. It […]

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