Does Biological Sex Matter in Lyme Disease? The Need for Sex-Disaggregated Data in Persistent Illness.
Lorraine JohnsonMira ShapiroSylvia JanickiJennifer MankoffRaphael B StrickerPublished in: International journal of general medicine (2023)
Our results indicate that biological sex should be integrated into Lyme disease research as a distinct variable. Future Lyme disease studies should include sex-based disaggregated data to illuminate differences that may exist between men and women with persistent illness.
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