Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Lyme Disease: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein)
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It does not explain it. I am unsure what the sample size was in the 1991 study but, considering that a rate of 9.75% was identified among a random sample of blood donors, could one extrapolate that, given a population of 4 million, many people may have Lyme disease and be unaware of it?