Prevalence and incidence of Lyme borreliosis among Slovene forestry workers during the period of tick activity

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 219-225

  Rojko, Tereza ^a   Ružić Sabljić, Eva ^b   Strle, Franc ^a   Lotrič Furlan, Stanka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Forestry workers; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FLAGELLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SLOVENIA; SYMPTOM; TICK; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 18444405213     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-004-0306-7     Document Type: Article

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