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06/12/2024

Ohio Department of Health Alerts Healthcare Providers about Lyme Disease and Other Tickborne Diseases


As Ohioans spend more time outdoors during the summer months, contact with ticks and the diseases they carry will increase. Tickborne diseases have been on the rise—and we have seen a 35-fold increase in reported Lyme disease cases in Ohio over the past 13 years. 

The Ohio Department of Health’s (ODH) Zoonotic Disease Program within the Bureau of Infectious Diseases has developed a document to give healthcare providers information about when to consider a differential diagnosis for tickborne diseases including Lyme disease, laboratory testing to make a diagnosis, treatment for tickborne illnesses, and additional resources.

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