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Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (9 May 2017): Declan Breathnach: 483. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that testing for Lyme disease here uses the inaccurate standardised test called ELISA, which is at best 35% accurate thereby resulting in missed diagnosis; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that German and other EU laboratories are using a more accurate test which cost the European Union...
Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (9 May 2017): Willie Penrose: 502. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to encourage awareness, prevention and treatment of Lyme disease here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are specific high-risk areas here and that the risk of Lyme disease here may increase as a result of climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22120/17]
Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (9 May 2017): Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 502 together. Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is an infection caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacteria. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) of the HSE has extensive information concerning Lyme disease on its website . I...

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