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CDC: Why Is Lyme Disease Activity So Much Higher Than Predicted?

Forbes: Sunday night’s conference on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases released some new data from the CDC on the number of people affected each year by Lyme disease. Namely, it pointed to a major difference in the recorded number of people affected by the disease and the actual number: Upwards of 300,000 people appear to contract the disease annually, which is about 10 times what’s typically reported to the CDC. There’s always some difference in the recorded and actual numbers of a given disease, and the new report is helpful in understanding the reality of how the disease works. Catching the disease early on is one key to treating it successfully. Reducing the raw numbers of people affected by the disease will take some comprehensive and collaborative efforts.

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