Results from an enhanced surveillance study of laboratory-confirmed acute Lyme disease cases in England between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024
Eva Emanuel, Charlotte Robin, Lisa Glaser, Zoë Gibney, Dimple Chudasama, Christina Petridou, Amanda Semper, Rachel Pudney · 2026
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Eva Emanuel and colleagues report a 2026 enhanced surveillance study of laboratory-confirmed acute Lyme disease in England. Routine national surveillance rests on lab results alone and says little about patients' stories. The team sent an online questionnaire to all confirmed cases with specimens between April 2023 and March 2024.
Replies covered 511 of 1,086 cases and matched national patterns of age, sex, and region. More than half the respondents, 57.3 percent, never realized a tick had bitten them, and among those who did remember, most bites happened near home, with 28.5 percent possibly occurring in a garden. The rash erythema migrans appeared in 70.5 percent of cases. The authors urge awareness that ticks thrive in urban parks and gardens too, and that wildlife projects should carry tick prevention advice.
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| CREATOR | Eva Emanuel, Charlotte Robin, Lisa Glaser, Zoë Gibney, Dimple Chudasama, Christina Petridou, Amanda Semper, Rachel Pudney |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33057 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |