Estimating the Frequency of Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018

Abstract

By using commercial insurance claims data, we estimated that Lyme disease was diagnosed and treated in ≈476,000 patients in the United States annually during 2010–2018. Our results underscore the need for accurate diagnosis and improved prevention.

Keywords

• Lyme disease
• Borrelia burgdorferi
• bacteria
• diagnoses
• insurance claims
• disease burden