Duration of tick attachment as a predictor of the risk of lyme disease in an area in which lyme disease is endemic

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 996-999

  Sood, Sunil K ^a   Salzman, Mark B ^b   Johnson, Barbara J B ^d   Happ, Christine M ^d   Feig, Kevin ^c   Carmody, Lillian ^d   Rubin, Lorry G ^d   Hilton, Eileen ^d   Piesman, Joseph ^d  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c Corporate Health Center ^*  (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK;

EID: 0030956542     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514009     Document Type: Article

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