About the Authors
- Emily R. Adrion
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Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- John Aucott
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* E-mail: Jaucott2@jhmi.edu
Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins at Greenspring Station, 10755 Falls Road, Suite 200, Lutherville, Maryland, 21093, United States of America
- Klaus W. Lemke
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Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Jonathan P. Weiner
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Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
John Aucott is a board member of the Lyme Disease Research Foundation, which provided a grant to complete this research. The Lyme Disease Research Foundation was not involved in the design and conduct of the study, the statistical analysis or in any publication decisions. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EA JA KL JW. Performed the experiments: EA JA KL JW. Analyzed the data: EA KL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA JA KL JW. Wrote the paper: EA JA KL JW.