Chronic Lyme Disease: An Unresolved Controversy

The recently published article by Shapiro et  al1 hoped to be topical in this age of “alternative facts” but fell short, providing mainly biased viewpoints that prevent independent assessment of existing research in chronic Lyme disease. Defined here as “…patients with persistent, unexplained subjective symptoms with no documented his tory of Lyme disease and without credible laboratory evidence—past or present—of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi…,” this definition is a disservice to those who suffer from this affliction.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: AJM online Source Type: research