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ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 08 – August 2014References
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three sudden cardiac deaths associated with Lyme carditis–United States, 2012–2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013;62:993-996.
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Dr. Forrester is an epidemic intelligence service officer with the CDC Division of Vector-Borne Diseases in Fort Collins, Colorado. His work involves epidemiologic investigations related to Lyme disease, plague, tickborne relapsing fever, tularemia, and other infectious diseases. He is a categorical general surgery resident at Stanford University.
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