Insufficient Evidence to Advise a Single Dose of Doxycycline to Prevent Lyme Disease from an Ixodes Tick Bite.

Harms and colleagues advised a single dose of doxycycline to prevent Lyme disease from a Ixodes ricinus tick bite.1 Using a modified-intention-to-treat analysis, the authors that reported a single 200 mg dose of doxycycline resulted in a 67% relative risk reduction for the subjects in the treatment arm.

Source: Journal of Infection - July 13, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Daniel J. Cameron, Elizabeth Louise Maloney Source Type: research