Lyme disease has continued to spread worldwide, but there’s little scientific agreement on how common is this tick-borne disease.
To resolve this knowledge gap, the open-access journal BMJ Global Health revealed a pooled data analysis on June 13, 2022, that found more than 14% of the world’s population probably has or has had the presence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bb) infection in the blood.
The three regions with the highest reported seroprevalence were Central Europe (21%), Eastern Asia (16%), and Western Europe (13.5%).
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