Racial Differences in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in Children

Pedi Lyme Net

doi:10.1093/cid/ciac863

Racial Differences in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in Children

Pedi Lyme Net

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Boston Children's Hospital
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Wauwatosa
University of Pittsburgh
Children's Minnesota
Rhode Island Hospital

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Abstract

Black children with Lyme disease compared with children of other races were less likely to have an erythema migrans lesion diagnosed (adjusted odds ratio, 0.34; 95% confidence interval, .14-.79) but more likely to have a swollen joint (adjusted odds ratio, 3.68; 95% confidence interval, 2.13-6.36) after adjustment for age and local Lyme incidence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1129-1131
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	76
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac863
State	Published - 21 Mar 2023

Keywords

Black People
Child
Data Collection
Humans
Lyme Disease/diagnosis
Race Factors
Racial Groups

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Racial Differences in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in Children

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