Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Lyme Disease: Discussion
9:00 am
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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What they are saying is that nervous system involvement arises in approximately 10% to 15% of cases. Therefore, they estimate there could be about 300 cases in a year of Lyme disease that they would describe as the serious form.