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Exhibit 236

Lyme Arthritis: A 50-Year Journey

Exhibit 236 ยท Researcher's first-person historical account

Lyme Arthritis: A 50-Year Journey

At their appointment, I met with the mother of the family, Polly Murray, and reviewed her notebook with information about children and adults with arthritis that she knew of in Lyme.

Recalls the mothers' reports and Polly Murray's notebook that helped initiate the 1975 Connecticut investigation.

Source
Allen C. Steere, Journal of Infectious Diseases
Date
2024
Quoted from
Opening narrative before "Epidemiologic Investigation" (Steere, J Infect Dis 2024)
Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11322885/
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Opening narrative and Epidemiologic Investigation. A retrospective account by a participant, not a contemporaneous 1975 record.

Cited by

Finding MED-13.5
Peer-reviewed Mothers' reports and Polly Murray's records helped initiate the 1975 investigation that recognized Lyme arthritis as a distinct illness.