| Title |
Sexual transmission of Lyme disease: challenging the tickborne disease paradigm
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.1586/14787210.2015.1081056 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Raphael B Stricker, Marianne J Middelveen |
| Abstract |
Lyme disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi has become a major worldwide epidemic. In this article, we explore the clinical, epidemiological and experimental evidence for sexual transmission of Lyme disease in animal models and humans. Although the likelihood of sexual transmission of the Lyme spirochete remains speculative, the possibility of Lyme disease transmission via intimate human contact merits further study. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 18% |
| Canada | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 15 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 21 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 14% |
| Scientists | 1 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 1 | 4% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 20% |
| Researcher | 9 | 18% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 18% |
| Unknown | 9 | 18% |
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