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ILADS responds to British Medical Journal (BMJ) dismissal of ILADS GUIDELINES
The ILADS Clinical Guidelines Committee submitted this response to the British Medical Journal on behalf of ILADS:Dear Editor, As authors of the International Lyme and Associated Disease (ILADS) guidelines, which address the usefulness of antibiotic prophylaxis for known tick bites, the effectiveness of erythema migrans (EM) treatment and the role of antibiotic retreatment in patients…
Read MoreReport on the Southern Tier Lyme Support Conference
Lyme Disease Conference, May 4, 2019 Report Southern Tier Lyme Support Inc. (hereafter, STLS) and Binghamton University (hereafter BU) co-hosted our fifth annual Lyme disease conference on May 4, 2019. Pre Conference Activities Last year, in Broome County, Lyme disease diagnoses jumped 36%. Over the previous five years, Lyme diagnoses increased 525%. Given these numbers,…
Read MoreILADS Makes its Mark on HHS Tick-Borne Disease Working Group
In November 2017, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) appointed members to its Tick-Borne Disease (TBD) Working Group, just before its first official meeting in December. In its inaugural iteration, ILADS is pleased to announce that two of the group’s seven public members are current or former members of ILADS and its…
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