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To the Editor: A trial of vaccination against Lyme disease provided an opportunity for us to determine the relative frequencies of the presenting manifestations of Lyme disease and the outcomes of treatment in a large population.¹ Our goal was to identify all cases of Borrelia burgdorferi infection that occurred among the 10,936 participants in 10 states where the infection is endemic during the 20-month study period.

Of the 1917 participants who were evaluated for Lyme disease, 269 met the prospectively defined criteria for definite, possible, or asymptomatic infection.¹ After completion of the study, post hoc analyses were performed for patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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