Seroepidemiology of emerging tickborne infectious diseases in a northern California community

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1432-1439

  Fritz, Curtis L ^b   Kjemtrup, Anne M ^d   Conrad, Patricia A ^d   Flores, George R ^d   Campbell, Grant L ^a,c   Schriefer, Martin E ^d   Gallo, Dana ^d   Vugia, Duc J ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030953710     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516476     Document Type: Article

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