Lyme Disease HistoryA Connecticut Perspective

• 1982 - First Lyme disease brochure developed by the Arthritis Foundation

• 1984 - Lyme disease serologic testing becomes widely available in Connec ticut

• 1987 - Lyme disease becomes a reportable disease in Connecticut

• 1988 - National media attention begins

• 1991 - Federal funding for Lyme disease becomes available

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In 1982, the first Lyme disease brochure was developed by the Connecticut Chapte r of the Arthritis Foundation. In 1984, the blood test for Lyme disease became sidely available in Connecticut. Lyme disease became a reportable disease in Co nnecticut in July 1987. Extensive national media coverage of Lyme disease began in the summer of 1988 with ABC’s 20/20 story.