Borrelia burgdorferi infection among forestry workers - Assessed with an immunoenzymatic method (ELISA), PCR, and correlated with the clinical state of the patients

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-19

  Niścigorska, Jolanta ^a   Skotarczak, Bogumiła ^b   Wodecka, Beata ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borreliosis; ELISA; Forestry workers; IgG; IgM; PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOREST WORKER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0038801690     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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