INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

Lyme Case Ascertainment Tool

LYME DISEASE CASE ASCERTAINMENT TOOL

WELCOME TO AN INTERACTIVE TOOL FOR CASE ASCERTAINMENT!

B.burgdorferi

The above graphic displays the bacteria responsible for causing Lyme disease. Click to view an enlarged version.

This tool is an interactive way to acertain the case status of Lyme disease investigations. It will help sort out lab, clinical, and exposure evidence to arrive at conclusions matching the current CSTE case definition for confirmed, probable, and suspect cases or rule out as a case. Click NEXT when you are ready to begin.

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Note: The case ascertainment tool is only a recommendation. All positive Lyme disease labs must be reported to DIDE and investigated regardless of case definition.