Doubling of the number of cases of tick bites and Lyme borreliosis seen by general practitioners in the Netherlands;Verdubbeling van het aantal consulten voor tekenbeten en Lyme-borreliose in de huisartsenpraktijk in Nederland

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 148, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 665-670

  Den Boon, S ^a   Schellekens, J F P ^b   Schouls, L M ^c   Suijkerbuijk, A W M ^a   Docters Van Leeuwen, B ^d   Van Pelt, W ^a  

^a Ctr voor Infectieziekten Epidemiol   (Netherlands)

^b Lab Infectieziektendiagn Screening   (Netherlands)

^c Lab voor Infectieziektenonderzoek   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEER; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FOREST; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TICK BITE; TOURISM;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BITES AND STINGS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LYME DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TICKS;

EID: 1842575698     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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