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Single or double dose prophylactic treatment for Lyme borreliosis has unacceptable failure rate

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Protective value of prophylactic antibiotic treatment of tick bite for Lyme disease prevention: An animal model [one or two pills…who are you going to risk it on?]
Joseph Piesman,
Andrias Hojgaard,
Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Received 29 November 2011. Revised 19 January 2012. Accepted 20 January 2012. Available online 13 March 2012.

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