Emergence of lyme disease in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1993: A case- control study of risk factors and evaluation of reporting patterns

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-397

  Orloski, Kathleen A ^a,e   Campbell, Grant L ^a   Genese, Carol A ^b   Beckley, John W ^c   Schriefer, Martin E ^a   Spitalny, Kenneth C ^d   Dennis, David T ^a  

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

^b New Jersey State Department of Health   (United States)

^c Hunterdon Health Care   (United States)

^d New York State Department of State   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Spirochaeta; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032519911     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009462     Document Type: Article

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