Uptick in B.C. Lyme disease cases attributed to new test, increased awareness

Confirmed and reported cases of Lyme disease in B.C. have at least doubled in just a few years, largely because of more sensitive diagnostic testing being used as well as greater awareness on the part of doctors.
“When we saw the increase we were surprised and concerned so we spent time looking at it to try to determine if it’s due to a real increase or to a change in the methods and we concluded that it is mostly due to a change at the provincial lab wi