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Lyme disease in children surges in Western Pennsylvania
Wes Venteicher | Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
Updated 32 minutes ago
Lyme disease infections increased at an exponential rate from 2003 to 2013 in Western Pennsylvania, reaching more children in cities and towns, according to a new study from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
The Lawrenceville hospital and its regional community practices treated 285 children for the disease in 2013, up from just five cases in the years 2003 through 2005, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The disease spreads through deer tick bites...
Lyme disease in children surges in Western Pennsylvania
Wes Venteicher | Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
Updated 32 minutes ago
Lyme disease infections increased at an exponential rate from 2003 to 2013 in Western Pennsylvania, reaching more children in cities and towns, according to a new study from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
The Lawrenceville hospital and its regional community practices treated 285 children for the disease in 2013, up from just five cases in the years 2003 through 2005, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The disease spreads through deer tick bites...