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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Research Letter

Pediatric Lyme Disease Biobank, United States, 2015–2020

Lise E. NigrovicComments to Author , Desire N. Neville, Fran Balamuth, Michael N. Levas, Jonathan E. Bennett, Anupam B. Kharbanda, Amy D. Thompson, John A. Branda, Aris C. Garro, and the Pedi Lyme Net Working Group
Author affiliations: Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachussetts, USA (L.E. Nigrovic); Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (D.N. Neville); Milwaukee Children's Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisonsin, USA (F. Balamuth); Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (M.N. Levas); Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Children's Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware, USA (J.E. Bennett, A.D. Thompson); Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (A.B. Kharbanda); Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (J.A. Branda); Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (A.C. Garro)

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Table

Characteristics of enrolled children with Lyme disease and clinical mimics, United States, 2015–2020*

Characteristics
 Lyme disease
 Clinical mimics
 p value
Total
 515
 1,982
Demographics
Median age, y (IQR) 8 (6–11) 9 (5–14) 0.02
Sex
M 345 (67.0) 1,048 (52.9) <0.01
F 170 (33.0) 934 (47.1)
Race
White 438 (85.0) 1,482 (74.8) <0.01
Black 42 (8.2) 255 (12.9)
Asian 8 (1.6) 53 (2.7)
Pacific Islander 0 3 (0.1)
Native American 0 2 (0.1)
Other 22 (4.3) 156 (7.9)
Missing data 5 (1.0) 31 (1.6)
Ethnicity
Hispanic 33 (6.4) 234 (11.8) <0.01
Non-Hispanic 480 (93.2) 1,734 (87.5)
Missing data 2 (0.4) 14 (0.7)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. NA, not applicable.
†June–October.

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