Perinatal transmission of Lyme disease: A qualitative study investigating the research priorities of patients with Lyme disease in pregnancy

Author:

Omar, A, Marquez, O, Faber, S, and Darling, E

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2014-02

Journal/Series title:

PLoS One

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URL:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0294265

Abstract:

Twenty people participated in four semi-structured focus groups and one semi-structured individual interview. The majority of participants were from North America. Participants' research priorities fell into five categories: transmission, testing, treatment, disease presentation, and education. All study participants expressed interest in future participation in research on Lyme disease in pregnancy and highlighted barriers and enablers to participation that could be addressed to facilitate future study recruitment.