Elsewhere On The Web
Lyme Disease Foundation
Infectious Diseases Society of America: Lyme Disease Facts
FamilyDoctor.org: Lyme Disease
KidsHealth.org: Lyme Disease
Mayo Clinic: Lyme Disease
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Lyme Disease, The Facts The Challenge
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Beware of Ticks … & Lyme Disease
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Learn About Lyme Disease
Article Sources
NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Sources Used in Current Review
Wormser GP, et al. The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006;43:1089–1134. Available online at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/508667?cookieSet=1 through http://www.journals.uchicago.edu. Accessed June 2009.
(May 1, 2008) Press Release: Agreement Ends Lyme Disease Investigation by Connecticut Attorney General. Available online at http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=11182 through http://www.idsociety.org. Accessed June 2009.
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(Modified 2009 January 27). Learn About Lyme Disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed March 2009.
(Reviewed 2008 October 7). Lyme Disease Diagnosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_humandisease_diagnosis.htm through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed March 2009.
Editorial staff (Updated 2008 May). Lyme Disease. Familydoctor.org [On-line information]. Available online at http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/infections/common/bacterial/257.printerview.html through http://familydoctor.org. Accessed March 2009.
(2007 June 27). Beware of Ticks … & Lyme Disease. U.S. Food and Drug Administration [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/lymedisease062707.html through http://www.fda.gov. Accessed March 2009.
(Reviewed 2008 October 8). Lyme Disease Treatment and Prognosis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_humandisease_treatment.htm through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed March 2009.
Mayo Clinic Staff (2008 May 2). Lyme disease. MayoClinic.com [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/lyme-disease/DS00116/METHOD=print&DSECTION=all through http://www.mayoclinic.com. Accessed March 2009.
(2008 July). Lyme Disease - The Facts The Challenge. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases [On-line information]. PDF available for download at http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/lymeDisease/PDF/LymeDisease.pdf through http://www3.niaid.nih.gov. Accessed March 2009.
(© 2009). Lyme Disease: A Patient's Guide. American College of Physicians [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.acponline.org/clinical_information/resources/lyme_disease/patient/ through http://www.acponline.org. Accessed March 2009.
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Sources Used in Previous Reviews
Thomas, Clayton L., Editor (1997). Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA [18th Edition].
Pagana, Kathleen D. & Pagana, Timothy J. (2001). Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 5th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO.