Increased incidence of Lyme borreliosis in southern Sweden following mild winters and during warm, humid summers

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 426-432

  Bennet, L ^a,b   Halling, A ^b   Berglund, J ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Blekinge FoU enhet   (Sweden)

^c BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOST; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROCHETE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; TICK; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BORRELIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IXODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33746088379     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0167-2     Document Type: Article

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