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Volume 12, Number 4—April 2006
Research

Economic Impact of Lyme Disease

Xinzhi Zhang*Comments to Author , Martin I. Meltzer*, César A. Peña†1, Annette B. Hopkins†, Lane Wroth‡, and Alan D. Fix†
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ‡Care First-Easton Branch (previously Delmarva Health Plan), Easton, Maryland, USA

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Table 2

Distribution of Lyme disease (LD) cases* in Maryland Eastern Shore, 1997–2000

Diagnosis group† No. LD cases (%) from medical record abstraction‡ No. LD cases (%) from follow-up patient survey§
Early stage 334 (10) 59 (21)
Late stage 156 (5) 25 (9)
Suspected LD 718 (21) 54 (19)
Tick bite 539 (16) 62 (22)
Other 1,668 (49) 84 (30)
Total 3,415 (100) 284 (100)

*LD cases in the study are clinically defined LD cases, which may not fit surveillance definition because the data were collected directly from healthcare organizations and physicians.
†Patients were divided into 5 diagnosis groups: clinically defined early-stage LD, clinically defined late-stage LD, suspected LD, tick bite, and other related complaints.
‡Number of patients (1997–2000) who were identified through records of encounters for LD, tick bites, insect bites, and serologic testing.
§Number of patients (1997–1998) who answered a questionnaire recording indirect medical costs, nonmedical costs, and productivity losses.

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1Current affiliation: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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