The Quiet Epidemic – Buena Vista
The Quiet Epidemic is a feature-length documentary about Lyme disease. The Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association, 501c3; Chaffee County Public Health; and Partnership for Community […]
The Quiet Epidemic is a feature-length documentary about Lyme disease. The Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association, 501c3; Chaffee County Public Health; and Partnership for Community […]
The Quiet Epidemic is a feature-length documentary about Lyme disease. The Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association, 501c3 and Wilkinson Public Library are privileged […]
The Quiet Epidemic is a feature-length documentary about Lyme disease. This screening of The Quiet Epidemic is presented in partnership with Rocky Mountain […]
Yale School of Public Health (Blair, J.) 4.11.23, published “Tick-borne Powassan virus is being transmitted in concentrated clusters in New England, Yale study says.” The article details a study that contributes a better understanding of the particulars relating to Powassan virus transmission and may be of aid to public health efforts to curb infections.
On 4.4.23, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) President, Pat Smith, was interviewed on NJ radio station, 101.5 WKXW by Host, David Matthau, about the spread of multiple dangerous tick-borne diseases in the State. A summary article about the in-depth and informative interview of Ms. Smith was posted by the Host to nj1015.com on 4.12.23.
eBioMedicine (Chung, M., et al.) 3.21.23 published “Systematic comparisons between Lyme disease and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in the U.S. with administrative claims data.” The data-driven study analyzed a nationwide administrative dataset consisting of over 98 billion billing and 1.4 billion prescription archives from the years 2008 – 2016 to uncover characteristics of Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS) that may be of diagnostic or etiologic importance.
Outbreak News Today, 4.8.23, reports that the the first death from Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS), which is caused by the SFTS virus (genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae), occurred in Haenam-gun, […]
mBio (Scroggs, S., et al.) 2.21.23, published “Of Murines and Humans: Modeling Persistent Powassan Disease in C57BL/6 Mice.” The purpose of the study was to better understand how Powassan virus lineage I (POWV) and lineage II (known as deer tick virus [DTV]) cause long-term symptoms in addition to examining the potential role of viral persistence for the purpose of therapy development.
Tick-borne diseases/conditions. Although Lyme is the most prevalent of tick-borne diseases (TBD) in the US, there are many others here and around the world. Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks […]
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID), (Vazquez Guillamet, LJ; et al.) published a research letter, “Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA” in February, 2023. In this […]
LDA Doctor Referral System © Terms & Conditions and Guidelines
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About LDA DOCTOR REFERRAL SYSTEM ©
Welcome to the Lyme Disease Association’s LDA Doctor Referral System ©. LDA made updates and enhancements to its prior system and has launched a new site to provide patients with information about doctors, other practitioners, testing labs, and pharmacies that are knowledgeable about chronic Lyme disease and often about many other tick-borne diseases (TBD). Many of the doctors listed are often referred to as Lyme Literate Physicians/Doctors (LLMD). Tens of thousands of patients have successfully used the prior LDA system to locate Lyme and TBD resources.
Terms & Conditions and Guidelines
Because there is a negative political climate surrounding Lyme disease, many LLMDs do not want their names posted outright on the internet. LDA has tried to balance the doctors’ wishes with patients’ need to find a doctor. This new system is a result of that compromise and therefore:
Because of the limited number of physicians treating chronic Lyme disease nationwide, some states, and in some instances, entire regions, may not have any treating physicians who follow flexible treating approaches such as those in the International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) Guidelines, Evidence Assessments and Guideline Recommendations in Lyme Disease: The Clinical Management of Known Tick Bites, Erythema Migrans Rashes and Persistent Disease. In the event that the LDA Doctor Referral System © contains no Lyme or TBD resource listings in a given area, the closest possible option(s) will populate based on the location entered and specaialty/ies selected. The LDA appreciates any changes in provider information that you may find and make us aware of so we can investigate.
Some providers may not specifically treat Lyme and TBD but see patients who have symptoms associated with Lyme and TBD to address those specific symptoms. Contact the provider to confirm.
It is your responsibility to contact the provider’s office to confirm the current address, directions, nature of services provided, and all other provider information before you make an appointment.
DISCLAIMER: The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. provides referrals to health care providers who treat Lyme disease, and often other TBD, as a courtesy to those seeking Lyme Literate Physicians (LLMD). However, some of the providers included do not specifically treat Lyme and TBD but see patients who have symptoms associated with Lyme and TBD to address those specific symptoms. We do not evaluate the professional competence or qualifications of health care providers on our referral list or the costs of services provided. Accordingly, the LDA neither warrants nor endorses the health care providers contained on this list nor the quality of care you will receive from those providers. We do not make recommendations, only referrals. LDA does not receive any monies from physicians to be included on this list nor does LDA provide any monies to physicians. Because of the limited number of physicians treating chronic Lyme disease nationwide, some states, and in some instances, entire regions, may not have any treating physicians who follow flexible treating approaches such as those in the International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) Guidelines: Evidence Assessments and Guideline Recommendations in Lyme Disease: The Clinical Management of Known Tick Bites, Erythema Migrans Rashes and Persistent Disease. In the event that the Doctor Referral System contains no Lyme or TBD resource listings in a given area, the closest possible option(s) will populate based on the zip code entered and category/ies selected. The LDA appreciates any changes in provider information that you may find and make us aware of.
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