Racial differences in the diagnosis of Lyme disease in children.
Kathryn M HuntKenneth A MichelsonFran BalamuthAmy D ThompsonMichael N LevasDesiree N NevilleAnupam KharbandaLaura ChapmanLise E Nigrovicnull nullPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Black children with Lyme disease as compared to children of other races were less likely to have an EM lesion diagnosed (aOR 0.34, 95% CI 0.14, 0.79) but more likely to have a swollen joint (aOR 3.68, 95% CI% 2.13, 6.36) after adjustment for age and local Lyme incidence.
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