Tekenbeten en de ziekte van Lyme

Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Belgian forestry workers and associated risk factors

“…Our distribution is also in line with the distribution of positive results of laboratory tests reported by a sentinel network of laboratories over the period 2000–2015 [ 27 ]: a low incidence of Bb positive results in the western and eastern parts of Wallonia and a high incidence in the south parts of the provinces of Namur and Luxemburg. However, those data differ from ours as they are spatially linked to the place of residence, which does not always reflect the place of infection.…”

Methodological Quality Assessment with the AGREE II Scale and a Comparison of European and American Guidelines for the Treatment of Lyme Borreliosis: A Systematic Review

“…The Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften (AWMF) [ 24 , 25 ], one from the Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee (BAPCOC) [ 26 ] and one from the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) [ 27 ]. The remaining number of guidelines found in each database after removal of duplicates and then selected for further review and met the inclusion criteria are shown in Figure 1 .…”

“…The remaining number of guidelines found in each database after removal of duplicates and then selected for further review and met the inclusion criteria are shown in Figure 1 . Eleven guidelines were developed by official academic societies [ 7 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ] and one by a non-official organisation, the ILADS, defined as a ‘transdisciplinary medical association’ of physicians and researchers working on Lyme and tick-borne diseases ( Table 1 ) [ 27 ]. This association is not officially recognised by American authorities as an academic society.…”

“…The overall quality of guidelines varied, but most of the methodological quality of guidelines was admissible. The overall quality was more than 50% in nine included guidelines [ 7 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ], especially in five [ 7 , 19 , 23 , 24 , 25 ] which scored 100%. Two guidelines relied on the GRADE approach [ 19 , 27 ], which is the highest quality standard.…”

“…Two guidelines relied on the GRADE approach [ 19 , 27 ], which is the highest quality standard. Six guidelines were rated according to AGREE II as ‘recommended by reviewers’ (score > 80%) [ 7 , 17 , 19 , 23 , 24 , 25 ], three as ‘recommended with modifications’ (score between 50% and 80%) [ 18 , 22 , 26 ] and three as ‘not recommended’ (score < 50%) [ 20 , 21 , 27 ]. Cohen’s weighted kappa showed that appraisers reached a high agreement (K = 0.90, 95%CI 0.84–0.96) ( Table 2 ).…”