Transmission risk of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu late from Ixodes ricinus ticks to humans in southwest Germany

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Maiwald, M ^a,e,f   Oehme, R ^b   March, O ^a   Petney, T N ^a   Kimmig, P ^b   Naser, K ^b   Zappe, H A ^c   Hassler, D ^d   Von Knebel Doeberitz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Landesgesundheitsamt Baden W   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Sektion Allgemeinmedizin ^*  (Germany)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK BITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0031718832     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898008929     Document Type: Article

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