Concerns about the external validity of the study ‘prevalence of persistent symptoms after treatment for Lyme borreliosis: A prospective observational cohort study’-authors´ reply
Cees C. van den Wijngaard,
Jeanine Ursinus,
Hedwig D. Vrijmoeth,
Hans Knoop,
Albert Wong,
Leo A.B. Joosten,
Joppe W. Hovius,
Bart Jan Kullberg
Affiliations
Cees C. van den Wijngaard
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Center for Infectious Disease Control, P.O. Box 1, Bilthoven, 3720 BA, the Netherlands; Corresponding author.
Jeanine Ursinus
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, Amsterdam, 1100 DD, the Netherlands
Hedwig D. Vrijmoeth
Department of Internal Medicine and Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, the Netherlands
Hans Knoop
Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, P.O. Box 22660, Amsterdam, 1100 DD, the Netherlands
Albert Wong
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Department for Statistics, Informatics and Modeling, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Leo A.B. Joosten
Department of Internal Medicine and Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, the Netherlands
Joppe W. Hovius
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, Amsterdam, 1100 DD, the Netherlands
Bart Jan Kullberg
Department of Internal Medicine and Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, the Netherlands
