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Table 4 Lyme disease perceptions themes and sub-themes that emerged through the process of qualitative analysis. The most common 5–6 sub-themes are shown per theme

From: Public perceptions of Lyme disease and climate change in southern Manitoba, Canada: making a case for strategic decoupling of climate and health messages

Lyme disease perceptions

Lack of Knowledge

Causes of Spread

Risk and Awareness

Illness Representation

• Public

• Medical

• Climate change

• Habitat change

• Migration

• Weather

• Natural spread, natural cycles of ticks

• Temporal and geographic dimensions of risk

• Increasing public awareness

• Source of risk information

• Diagnosis or risk increasing

• Risk is not new

• Absence of risk

• Causes

• Symptoms

• Treatment and prevention

• Trajectory

• Consequences

• Definition