Lyme disease trends - Dutches County, New York, 1992-2000

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-213

  Chow, Catherine C ^a   Evans Jr , Andrew S ^b   Noonan Toly, Candace M ^c   White, Dennis ^d   Johnson, Geraldine S ^e   Marks, Spencer J ^b   Caldwell, Michael C ^f   Hayes, Edward B ^a  

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

^b Division of Communicable Diseases   (United States)

^c Statistical Unit   (United States)

^d Arthropod Borne Disease Program   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Incidence; Lyme disease; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0038325624     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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