June 1, 2023Open Access

Does Biological Sex Matter in Lyme Disease? The Need for Sex-Disaggregated Data in Persistent Illness

LJLorraine JohnsonUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MSMira Shapiro SJSylvia JanickiGeorgia Institute of Technology

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Our results indicate that biological sex should be integrated into Lyme disease research as a distinct variable. Future Lyme disease studies should include sex-based disaggregated data to illuminate differences that may exist between men and women with persistent illness.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d80ecc617ce96c42ae2afd https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2147/ijgm.s406466

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