People presenting with erythema migrans are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease based on clinical assessment, without laboratory testing. Proportion of people diagnosed with Lyme disease based on ...

A 47-year-old man presented with a two-week history of an enlarging red patch on his left thigh, associated with low-grade fever. Although he had recently spent time outdoors while at his cabin in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Erythema migrans rashes in the United States most often do not appear as bullseyes, rather, only about a third ...

A new study out of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center has revealed disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease between Black and White patients with the condition.

Lyme disease is increasing in both incidence and geographic distribution. Given that the etiologic agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, is difficult to culture in routine clinical laboratories, there has been ...

The tick was identified as Ixodes daminii (deer tick), but no parasites where found in its mouth. Lyme disease (LD), the most common tick-borne illness in the United States, is a systemic infection ...

Artificial intelligence can be used to evaluate smartphone photos of suspicious rashes and detect Lyme disease earlier, according to a new study. Lyme disease affects roughly 300,000 people in the US ...

Lyme disease symptoms can be tricky to identify. Some people will develop flu-like symptoms in the early stages, such as a high temperature, headaches and tiredness and loss of energy. A rash can also ...

Erythema migrans (EM) is classically described as a flat, blanchable, annular, erythematous skin lesion with or without central clearing, occurring at the site of Borrelia burgdorferi inoculation. The ...

Doctors have been told to diagnose Lyme disease without waiting for blood test results if patients have the characteristic "bull's eye" rash. Blood tests for the tick-borne infections may miss the ...