The HUMTICK study: protocol for a prospective cohort study on post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome and the disease and cost burden of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium.
BACKGROUND: In Belgium, different routine surveillance systems are in place to follow-up Lyme borreliosis trends. However, accurate data on the disease and monetary burden for the different clinical manifestations are lacking. Despite recommended antibiotic treatment, a proportion of Lyme patients report persisting aspecific symptoms for six months or more (e.g. fatigue, widespread musculoskeletal pain, cognitive difficulties), a syndrome now named "post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome" (PTLDS). Controversy exists on the cause, incidence and severity of PTLDS. This study aims to estimate the i... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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BioMed Central Ltd.
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Schlagwörter: | Disability-adjusted life year / Disease burden / Economic cost / Lyme borreliosis / Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27376930 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/187611 |