Epidemiological survey of human borreliosis diagnosed in Eastern Slovakia

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-175

  Štefančíková, Astéria ^a   Pet'ko, Branislav ^a   Rozická, Ingrid ^b   Šalyová, Nataša ^b   Ohlasová, Daniela ^b  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b Railway Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

B. garinii; Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia burgdorferi; Eastern Slovakia; ELISA; Epidemiology; Human borreliosis; Serology; Ticks

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SLOVAKIA; TICK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLOVAKIA;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; INSECTA;

EID: 0035666122     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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