Are there other undiagnosed tick-borne infections in children being evaluated for Lyme neuroborreliosis?
Henrik Hillerdal, Malin Lager, Anna Grankvist, Kenneth Nilsson, Christine Wennerås, Anna J Henningsson, Barbro H Skogman · 2026
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Henrik Hillerdal and co-authors present a 2026 journal article asking whether Swedish children checked for Lyme disease of the nervous system had other tick-borne infections. Newer tick diseases such as anaplasmosis and babesiosis are reported more often, but rates in children are unclear. Their symptoms can be vague and tests are not always at hand.
The team tested stored samples from 235 children evaluated between 2011 and 2014 for Lyme neuroborreliosis. Lab tests searched blood for four other tick-borne germs, and spinal fluid from some children for one of them. No sign of these infections or co-infections was found. The authors still advise doctors to consider them in children with odd fever or rashes.
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| CREATOR | Henrik Hillerdal, Malin Lager, Anna Grankvist, Kenneth Nilsson, Christine Wennerås, Anna J Henningsson, Barbro H Skogman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35853 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |