Seroprevalence of tick-borne Lyme borreliosis in a defined population in Estonia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-422

  Prükk, Tiina ^a   Kisand, Kalle ^a   Salur, Liina ^a   Metsküla, Kaja ^a   Uibo, Raivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEVICE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0344631681     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163923     Document Type: Article

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