Lyme disease in UK primary care: a knowledge, attitude, and practice survey
Targeted resources may improve clinician confidence on exposure risk, symptom recognition, testing limitations and treatment dose and duration. Scotland-based responders' better survey performance potentially reflects greater clinical exposure and public awareness of the disease, due to high endemicity within the nation.
Authors
- Amanda Semper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3656-1363)
- John Tulloch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2150-0090)
- Neil French (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4814-8293)
- Lucy Delaney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1519-3381)
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Environment Agency (GB)
- Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at University of Liverpool (GB)
- Institute of Infection and Immunity (CA)
- UK Health Security Agency (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJGP Open
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2024.0092
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03
Funders
- National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- University of Oxford
- University of Liverpool