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Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (3 Mar 2015)

Dan Neville: ...for people who travel abroad, in particular for those who participate in mountaineering and outdoor activities. They can return home feeling ill and sometimes it is difficult to identify that Lyme disease is the cause, as the Minister outlined. I welcome the fact awareness week raised awareness of Lyme disease. The Lyme disease group appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (3 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: It is fair to say there is greater and growing awareness among clinicians and doctors about Lyme disease. One of the difficulties is that there is not full consensus. I cannot speak for the medical profession; I am only here as Minister for Health and not as somebody speaking for the medical profession. However, I would like to refer from the National Institutes of Health in America, one...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (3 Mar 2015)

Dan Neville: I thank the Acting Chairman for facilitating me in raising this matter. Lyme disease, known as Lyme borelliosis, is a bacterial infection transmitted by the bite of hard-bodied ticks. Not all ticks are infected but vigilance is recommended where ticks are present to reduce the risk of transmission to humans and pets. Lyme disease can cause a variety of symptoms, ranging from mild to...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (3 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Neville for raising this topic. Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borelliosis, is an infection caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacterium. Lyme borelliosis was made a statutorily notifiable disease in Ireland by the Infectious Diseases (Amendment Regulations) Regulations 2011. There were 20 cases...