Lyme Disease - Underdiagnosed, Overdiagnosed, and/or Underreported? (Links Only)

Lyme Disease Underdiagnosed, Overdiagnosed, and/or Underreported? (Links Only)

Lyme disease is a serious bacterial infection caused by a tick bite and affects humans and animals.

Links on this page labeled "MEDLINE" are links to citations of medical and scientific articles from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLINE database.

This page contains links only. For the text version, which includes pertinent extracts from the existing links and from now defunct links (e.g., media items), see
Lyme Disease - Underdiagnosed, Overdiagnosed, and/or Underreported? (Text Version)

Table of Contents

Underdiagnosis of Lyme disease
Underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of Lyme disease
Overdiagnosis of Lyme disease
Underreporting of Lyme disease

For more information on Lyme disease

Lyme Disease Underdiagnosed, Overdiagnosed, and/or Underreported? (Links Only)

Underdiagnosis of Lyme disease

MEDLINE - underdiagnos* AND Lyme disease - 10 on 20 Feb 01

The underdiagnosis of neuropsychiatric Lyme disease in children and adults.
Pediatric Emergency Care 1998 Oct - Lyme Disease
Underdiagnosis of Lyme Disease, Frank Demarest, 1993-7 (November 1997)
Infectuous Agents Field Study Results, South Carolina Bureau of Laboratories, September 1997
Response To "The Overdiagnosis Of Lyme Disease", LymeNet Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 10
Overdiagnosis of Lyme disease, ltr to editor, Joseph J. Burrascano, Jr., MD, JAMA, Dec 8, 1993
The Lyme Disease Conspiracy, Joseph J. Burrascano, Jr., MD, Senate Comm. Hearing, 5 Aug 93

Underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of Lyme disease

Lyme Disease Results in Significant Costs, MedscapeWire, 20 Nov 98
The Diagnosis of Lyme disease, Hospital Practice, 15 Aug 96

Overdiagnosis of Lyme disease

MEDLINE - overdiagnos* AND Lyme disease - 26 on 20 Feb 01

The overdiagnosis of Lyme disease., Steere, Taylor, McHugh, Logigian, JAMA 1993;269:1812-6.
Lyme Disease Results in Significant Costs, ALDF, Inc./MedscapeWire, November 20, 1998
Lyme Disease: A Serious Problem But Overdiagnosed, Danbury [CT] Hosp Online, May 15, 98
LETTERS: Overdiagnosis of Lyme Disease, Annals 1 Nov 98
The Consequences of Overdiagnosis and..., Annals 1 Mar 98
Fear of Lyme Disease Stirs Trouble, Study Says, New York Times, 2 Mar 98
It's not likely Lyme, Philly News, 28 Feb 00
Recognition and Management of Lyme Disease, by Verdon/Sigal, Am Family Physician, Aug 1997
Lyme Disease: it's frustrating, mystifying and very sneaky. Boston Globe Online, May 19, 1997
ACP issues Lyme-disease diagnostic guidelines, Medical Tribune, January 22, 1998
Lyme disease fact sheet, by Taylor and Steere, January 1995

Underreporting of Lyme disease.

MEDLINE - underreport* AND Lyme disease - 9 on 20 Feb 01

Is Lyme Disease Underdiagnosed or Overdiagnosed? - An Annotated Bibliography

CDC: Surveillance for Lyme Disease-US, 1992-98,"7-12 unreported cases for each reported case"
Underreporting of Lyme Disease - Correspondence -- NEJM 1998; 338: 1629
CDC: Lyme Disease: Epidemiology - "there is considerable underreporting"
CDC: Lyme Disease: Questions and Answers - "the disease is greatly underreported"
CDC: "Two studies have shown that cases have been underreported ..."
CDC MMWR: Demographic Differences in Notifiable Infectious Disease Morbidity, July 18, 1997
AHCPR: Lyme disease may occur much more often than reported, Research Activities, Sep 1996
ASTDHPPHE: Lyme Disease Facts, "considerable under-reporting and misdiagnosis"
CDC MMWR: Lyme Disease - United States, 1994, MMWR 44(24);459-462, 06/23/1995
CDC MMWR: Lyme Disease - United States, 1993, August 12, 1994 / 43(31);564-565,571-572
CDC MMWR: Lyme Disease - United States, 1991-1992, May 14, 1993 / 42(18);345-348
CDC MMWR: Physician Reporting of Lyme Disease -- Connecticut, 1991-1992, May 14, 1993
CDC MMWR: Lyme Disease and Cases Occurring during Pregnancy--US, June 28, 1985
Improving Lyme Disease Surveillance in Massachusetts, DPHNetwork.Winter1998
My experience with lyme disease and some theraputic insights, Mary C. Wakeman, D.V.M.
Tickborne Illnesses May Be Underreported [in Iowa], ASM, 2-Jun-99
CT Post Article, Re: LD Culture, 05 Jan 1999
ALDF:"Call for New Strategy Against LD", 01 Jul 98
Lyme Disease if too often left untreated, Cape Cod Times, 1 Nov 97
Re: News-Ohio, Officials say Lyme disease statistics may not tell whole story, AP, 31 Aug 97
For Lyme Disease Victims, Battle Is For Better Treatment, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug 97
Disease interrupts teen's life, Times Herald-Record [New York], Jul 97
Delaware County, Ohio woman struggles to recover from tick-borne ailment, 17 Jul 97
Study Will Seek To Find Cause Of Lingering Lyme Disease, Patriot Ledger, Thurs. Jan 16 1997
Underreporting of LD by Connecticut, 1992. - J Public Health Manag Pract. 1996 Fall;2(4):61-5.
AP: 93 CDC Case Reports Down: Underreporting Suspected, LymeNet Newsltr Vol 2 Issue 14
LETTER: Underreporting, By Dr. David T. Dennis, CDC, LymeNet Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 25
UPI: Cases of Lyme disease increase 19-fold in decade, LymeNet Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 11

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Last updated on 20 February 2001 by
Art Doherty
Lompoc, California
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