Re:AG forces review of IDSA Lyme guidelines

May 8, 2008

Jan,

Many thanks for posting this!

What some people may also find interesting to read for more background into

the State of CT, is that the CDC removed the mandatory requirement into the

reporting of Lyme Disease (and presumably the other 'Tick Borne Infections'

commonly associated with Lyme Disease.

Being polite, I ask outloud whether this is perhaps a deliberate attempt to

reduce the numbers annually reported by the CDC who already acknowledges

under-reporting to already being a problem (i.e. only 10-20% of cases reported

under the 'old' system). This was done a few years ago... (see statements for

timelines and reporting).

This is reiterated in some of the following statements I've provided links to,

and these official statements may also be of help for 'newbies' with their GPs

(and others) in trying to explain the complexity of Lyme/TBIDs and testing. Dr.

Fallons statement addresses this very nicely as do others below...

In the statement from Dr. Fallon, it indicates that this has caused a 71.7% drop

in one of the most endemic areas of the United States... so it will also be

interesting to see if the recent 'Press Release' about the IDSA will come into

play with respect to reporting.

Connecticut - Public hearing on Bill 5747 (Bartlett)

February 26, 2007

Video: CT-N OnDemand: Public Health Committee Public Hearing

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Testimony by Pat , President, LDA

020070226.doc

Testimony by A. Fallon, MD

Testimony by Eva Sapi, Ph.D.

Testimony by J. Cameron, M.D., M.P.H.

Testimony by Bokhour

If anyone comes across the results and/or status of Bill 5747 I for one would be

very interest in it.

/ Charolette :-)

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