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475,000+ new cases each year in the US
Lyme disease is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the US and Western Europe with more than 475,000 new cases contracted each year in the US—an increase of more than 10 times what was previously believed.
Public funding far below that of less common illnesses
Lyme is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the country with over 475,000 new cases each year and yet Lyme research is dramatically underfunded. It receives less than 2% of public funding for West Nile and 0.2% of funding for HIV/AIDS, despite the fact that the annual case count for Lyme dwarfs either disease. There are now over 400,000 new cases of Lyme disease annually in the US—this is more than HIV/Aids, West Nile virus and Malaria combined.
Half a million patients struggling with persistent Lyme disease
Research has shown that 10-20% of Lyme patients have symptoms post-treatment. Many clinicians and scientists believe that the persistence of bacteria is the cause of these lingering symptoms, so, while the CDC calls this “post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome,” many experts believe it is more accurate to use the term “persistent Lyme disease.” These studies demonstrate the existence of persistent infection, giving validity to this term.