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Prophylaxis with Single-Dose Doxycycline for the Prevention of Lyme Disease after an<i>Ixodes scapularis</i>Tick Bite

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2001

Year

Robert B. Nadelman, John Nowakowski, Durland Fish, Richard C. Falco, Katherine Freeman, Donna McKenna, Peter Welch, Robert Marcus, Maria E. Aguero‐Rosenfeld, David T. Dennis,
New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

A single 200-mg dose of doxycycline given within 72 hours after an I. scapularis tick bite can prevent the development of Lyme disease.

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