An epidemiologic study of lyme disease in southern sweden

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 20, 1995, Pages 1319-1324

  Berglund, Johan ^a   Eitrem, Rickard ^a   Ornstein, Katharina ^a   Lindberg, Anders ^a   Ringnér, Ake ^a   Elmrud, Henrik ^a   Carlsson, Mikael ^a   Runehagen, Arne ^a   Svanborg, Catarina ^a   Norrby, Ragnar ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TICK BITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN;

EID: 0028820139     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199511163332004     Document Type: Article

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