LYME DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS MARKET ANALYSIS

Market Size and Trends

Lyme disease is a difficult medical condition to identify as it can be confused with increasing cases of tick-borne infectious diseases, emergence of new vector-borne diseases, and the complexity and variations of symptoms in each patient. Rising prevalence of Lyme disease and increasing focus of governments towards improvement of healthcare facilities is expected to drive growth of the Lyme disease diagnostics market during the forecast period. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 2016 report, there are over 300,000 reported cases of Lyme disease, annually in the U.S. alone. Various government organizations and institutes such as NIAID are working towards improving Lyme disease diagnostics. NIAID actively supports research on Lyme disease diagnostics. In collaboration with CDC, NIAID plays a key role in encouraging development of new methods to improve Lyme disease screening in people with co-infections such as the tick-borne infections. The institute is actively supporting research on Lyme disease diagnostics. NIAID grantees directly work in collaboration with CDC researchers to compare and evaluate the effectiveness of existing diagnostic methods.