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UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has an information leaflet on Lyme Disease.
Lyme Disease Action
"Striving for prevention and treatment of Lyme Disease and associated tick-borne diseases".
Lyme Disease
Information from the Health Protection Agency.
Lyme and Related Disease in the UK
UK web based support for people with Lyme and related diseases.
Lyme Disease
Information from the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC).
Borreliosis and Associated Diseases Awareness UK (BADA-UK)
A charity formed by a group of people who were brought together by the effects of Borreliosis / Lyme disease and other associated infections (often caught by tick bites). Their website has lots of information about ticks, tick bites, etc.
Tick Alert
The Tick Alert campaign aims to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases both at home and abroad. Tick Alert warns UK holidaymakers and travellers to be aware of the infections that ticks can cause, including Lyme disease which is prevalent in the UK and Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE) in mainland Europe.
EUCALB - European Union Concerted Action on Lyme Borreliosis
A pan-European information site supported by an advisory board comprising an expert group of physicians and biologists from across Europe. Provide up-to-date information on Lyme Borreliosis (Lyme disease) in Europe in the form of short reviews and latest publications, Although available and of interest to the general public, its primary targets are healthcare professionals, scientists and students.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.