Open AccessThe burden of Lyme borreliosis expressed in disability-adjusted life years
Author(s) -
Cees C. van den Wijngaard,
Agnetha Hofhuis,
Margriet Harms,
Juanita A. Haagsma,
Albert Wong,
G. Ardine de Wit,
Arie H. Havelaar,
Anna K. Lugnér,
Anita Suijkerbuijk,
Wilfrid van Pelt
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckv091
Subject(s) - medicine , lyme disease , incidence (geometry) , lyme , erythema migrans , population , burden of disease , quality adjusted life year , disease burden , quality of life (healthcare) , disability adjusted life year , pediatrics , environmental health , borrelia burgdorferi , lyme borreliosis , cost effectiveness , immunology , nursing , optics , risk analysis (engineering) , physics , antibody
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most commonly reported tick-borne infection in Europe and North America. In the last 15 years a 3-fold increase was observed in general practitioner consultations for LB in the Netherlands. To support prioritization of prevention and control efforts for LB, we estimated its burden expressed in Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs).
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