Table 1 Searches for drugs associated with Lyme disease sessions.

From: Lymelight: forecasting Lyme disease risk using web search data

Drug searches

Lymelight-positive cases (%)

Lymelight-negative cases (%)

Chi-square

p-value

#1 Doxycycline*

26.29

0.51

2,663,557

<0.001

#2 Amoxicillin*

5.71

0.97

65,301

<0.001

#3 Penicillin*

2.56

0.53

23,698

<0.001

#4 Metronidazole+

2.24

0.58

16,373

<0.001

#5 Ceftriaxone*

2.20

0.14

70,896

<0.001

#6 Ivermectin+

1.94

0.18

41,860

<0.001

#7 Prednisone#

1.93

1.05

6057

<0.001

#8 Cefuroxime*

1.65

0.06

83,976

<0.001

#9 Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole+

1.56

0.58

7705

<0.001

#10 Rifampicin+

1.51

0.04

116,892

<0.001

#11 Clindamycin+

1.21

0.41

6571

<0.001

#12 Ciprofloxacin+

1.16

0.56

4227

<0.001

#13 Hydroxychloroquine#

1.06

0.12

18,039

<0.001

#14 Permethrin+

1.05

0.15

14,008

<0.001

#15 Clarithromycin*

0.97

0.07

27,183

<0.001

#16 Tinidazole+

0.95

0.02

87,125

<0.001

#17 Cefalexin+

0.94

0.41

3828

<0.001

#18 Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid*

0.85

0.27

4917

<0.001

#19 Fluconazole+

0.85

0.30

4309

<0.001

#20 Hash Oil+

0.83

0.21

3991

<0.001

  1. Searches for drugs associated with Lyme disease sessions. Percentage figures show the probability of searching for the drug. The “*” symbol denotes recommended treatment for Lyme Disease (per Clinical Practice Guidelines), the “+” symbol denotes non-recommended treatment for Lyme Disease, and the “#” symbol denotes recommended treatment for arthritis.
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