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Thursday, August 22, 2013

CDC estimates Lyme disease hits 300,000 each year

Outdoor workers continue to suffer from disease of the environment. Lyme disease, a cmpensable condition, remains a critical problem for those who work in the great outdoors. Today's post was shared by CIDRAP and comes from www.cidrap.umn.edu

Lyme disease, caused by bacteria carried by ticks, is particularly common in the northeastern and midwestern US.
A new estimate on Lyme disease suggests that about 300,000 Americans are sickened each year, which is about 10 times higher than the number of cases reported, according to an analysis of the latest information by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Scientists from the agency base their projection on findings from three ongoing studies that are designed to better gauge the number of people diagnosed with Lyme disease each year. CDC researchers reported the preliminary findings yesterday at a tickborne disease conference in Boston.
Ongoing studies are based on medical claims information for about 22 million insured people, a survey of clinical laboratories, and self-reported Lyme disease cases from a survey of the general public, the CDC said in a press release today.