Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Lyme Disease: Discussion
9:00 am
Dr. Cillian De Gascun:
Our positivity rate is between 6% and 7%. Those tests are referred to the United Kingdom for confirmatory testing at the rare and imported pathogens laboratory. Of those we refer to that lab, approximately one third are subsequently diagnosed. That leads us to believe that, notwithstanding the patients who are suffering, the numbers testing confirmed positive for Lyme disease in Ireland are small.
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