Steere, Allen C.
Strle, Franc
Wormser, Gary P.
Hu, Linden T.
Branda, John A.
Hovius, Joppe W. R.
Li, Xin
Mead, Paul S.
Article History
First Online: 15 December 2016
Competing interests
: A.C.S. declares grant support from Immunetics, Inc. and Viramed. F.S. has served as a consultant to Baxter Biosciences regarding Lyme vaccine development and has been a member of the steering committee of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group on Lyme Borreliosis (ESGBOR). G.P.W. has received research grants from Immunetics Inc., Institute for Systems Biology, Rarecyte, Inc. and Quidel Corporation. G.P.W. also owns equity in Abbott, has been an expert witness in malpractice cases involving Lyme borreliosis and is an unpaid board member of the American Lyme Disease Foundation. J.A.B. declares grant support from Immunetics, Inc. and Diasorin. J.W.R.H. is a member of the steering committee of ESGBOR. L.T.H., X.L. and P.S.M. declare no competing interests.