Financial & competing interests disclosure
GP Wormser discloses research grants from CDC, NIH, Immunetics, Inc., BioRad, DiaSorin, Inc. and BioMerieux; equity in Abbott; expert witness in malpractice cases involving Lyme borreliosis; unpaid board member American Lyme Disease Foundation; expert witness regarding Lyme disease in a disciplinary action for the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; consultant to Baxter regarding Lyme vaccines. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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