Longitudinal study of lyme borreliosis in a high risk population in switzerland

Parasite

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-386

  Zhioua, E ^a,b   Gern, L ^a   Aeschlimann, A ^a   Sauvain, M J ^c   Van Der Linden, S ^d   Fahrer, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Lindenhofspital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Clinical incidence; Ixodes ricinus; Orienteers; Seroconversion; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE VECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SWITZERLAND; TICK;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BITES AND STINGS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TICKS;

EID: 0032245561     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1998054383     Document Type: Article

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