Lyme Disease - Topic Citations
Topic ID: 82
Every citation has two independent 0-100 scores. The source Reliability score rates the general reliability of the outlet itself, regardless of the specific claim, based on an eight-tier scale running from primary government and international scientific bodies (CDC, WHO, NASA, IPCC) at the top, through peer-reviewed journals, wire services, mainstream science journalism, and advocacy organizations, down to tertiary references like Wikipedia and unverifiable or absent sources at the bottom.
The Accuracy score, by contrast, rates how well a specific citation supports topic statements — a citation from an excellent source can score low if misapplied or can score high if it precisely backs up topic statements.
Risks of Long-Term IV Antibiotics (Independent Corroboration, Quantified)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases (Oxford Academic)Reliability score: 90 | Accuracy score: 88
- Clinical Infectious Diseases (Oxford Academic)Reliability score: 90 | Accuracy score: 88
"Chronic Lyme Disease" Unrecognized by CDC/IDSA
- CIDRAPReliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 88
- CIDRAPReliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 88
Risks of Long-Term IV Antibiotics - C. difficile, Catheter Sepsis
- CIDRAPReliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 92
- CIDRAPReliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 92
Borrelia burgdorferi / Ixodes Ticks / Responds to Short Antibiotic Course
- CDCReliability score: 96 | Accuracy score: 88
- CDCReliability score: 96 | Accuracy score: 88
PTLDS Definition & Prevalence (Minority of Patients)
- CDCReliability score: 96 | Accuracy score: 88
- CDCReliability score: 96 | Accuracy score: 88
Long-Term IV Antibiotics Show No Benefit for Persistent Infection (Despite Decades of Trials)
- NIAID (NIH)Reliability score: 95 | Accuracy score: 92
- NIAID (NIH)Reliability score: 95 | Accuracy score: 92