RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Activists decry physician disinterest in Lyme disease during Vancouver conference
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 822
OP 824
VO 153
IS 6
A1 LeBourdais, E.
YR 1995
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/153/6/822.abstract
AB Although it was well advertised, few Canadian physicians attended a recent conference on Lyme disease in Vancouver. The apparent lack of interest upsets the president of the Lyme Borreliosis Society, who says many patients have been misdiagnosed, mistreated or untreated and "are now chronically disabled." Interestingly, the disease seems to be much more common in the US than Canada. In New York State, for instance, more than 26,000 cases have been diagnosed, but in nearby Ontario the total is only 200.