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Lyme disease cases on the rise

WNYT Staff
Created: December 10, 2019 06:27 PM

There has been a dramatic increase in health insurance claims for Lyme disease.

Researchers looked at over 29-billion private healthcare claim records from 2007 to 2018.

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They found diagnoses of Lyme disease increased 117-percent during that time period.

While the tick-borne disease is typically associated with rural areas, the data shows there was a larger growth in urban locations.


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