Case Scenario

A 52 year old mother brings her 9 year old daughter to you for assessment of Lyme disease. She states that she has Lyme disease herself and that her daughter’s problems of cough and wheeze are related to an intrauterine infection with B. burgdorfferi How do you find out about possible vertical transmission of Lyme disease? What could the mother know and what should you know?

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