What is the mortality rate of Lyme disease?
A. Lyme disease is rarely, if ever, fatal. Q. Can a person be reinfected with Lyme disease? A. Yes. Having had Lyme disease doesn’t protect against reinfection. Some persons have had Lyme disease more than once after re-exposure to infective tick bites. This stresses the need for continued tick bite prevention activities such as wearing appropriate clothing when in tick-infested areas, daily tick checks, and quick removal of attached ticks. Q. How many cases of Lyme disease occur in the U.S.? A. Lyme disease is the leading cause of vector-borne infectious illness in the U.S. with about 15,000 cases reported annually, though the disease is greatly under reported. Based on reported cases, during the past ten years 90% of cases of Lyme disease occurred in ten states: More information can be found in the MMWR. Q. How is Lyme disease treated? A. According to treatment experts, antibiotic treatment for 3-4 weeks with doxycycline or amoxicillin is generally effective in early disease. Cefurox
