TY - JOUR AU - McCormick, David AU - Kugeler, Kiersten AU - Marx, Grace AU - Jayanthi, Praveena AU - Dietz, Stephanie AU - Mead, Paul AU - Hinckley, Alison T1 - Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Reported Lyme Disease, United States, 2020 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 10 SP - 2715 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Surveys indicate US residents spent more time outdoors in 2020 than in 2019, but fewer tick bite–related emergency department visits and Lyme disease laboratory tests were reported. Despite ongoing exposure, Lyme disease case reporting for 2020 might be artificially reduced due to coronavirus disease–associated changes in healthcare-seeking behavior. KW - Lyme disease KW - tickborne diseases KW - vector-borne infections KW - surveillance KW - healthcare-seeking behavior KW - respiratory infections KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - SARS KW - COVID-19 KW - coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronavirus DO - 10.3201/eid2710.210903 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/10/21-0903_article ER - End of Reference