Residential setting as a risk factor for Lyme disease in a hyperendemic region

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 472-477

  Cromley, Ellen K ^a   Cartter, Matthew L ^b   Mrozinski, Richard D ^a   Ertel, Starr Hope ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes; Lyme disease; Risk assessment; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TICK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032031853     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009473     Document Type: Article

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