Racial Differences in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in Children
Kathryn M. Hunt, Kenneth A. Michelson, Fran Balamuth, Amy D. Thompson, Michael N. Levas, Desiree N. Neville, Anupam B. Kharbanda, Laura Chapman, Lise E. Nigrovic, for Pedi Lyme Net
Abstract
Black children with Lyme disease compared with children of other races were less likely to have an erythema migrans lesion diagnosed (adjusted odds ratio, 0.34; 95% confidence interval, .14-.79) but more likely to have a swollen joint (adjusted odds ratio, 3.68; 95% confidence interval, 2.13-6.36) after adjustment for age and local Lyme incidence.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineLyme diseaseOdds ratioConfidence intervalErythema migransIncidence (geometry)SpirochaetaceaeBorrelia burgdorferiInternal medicineDermatologyImmunologyLyme borreliosisAntibodyPhysicsOpticsVector-borne infectious diseasesViral Infections and VectorsMosquito-borne diseases and control