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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (13 Jul 2017)

Michael McGrath: 913. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is following the guidelines issued by the Centre for Disease Control, CDC, in the USA for the testing for Lyme disease; if its attention has been drawn to the change in policy by the CDC whereby it now accepts the need for more than one test and that new forms of test are required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34655/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (13 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: 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 . Lyme disease is diagnosed by medical history and physical...

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