Epidemiology of relapsing fever borreliosis in Europe

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-15

  Rebaudet, Stanislas ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Aix Marseille university   (France)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Europe; Ornithodoros; Recurrent fever; Relapsing fever; Ticks

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPIROCHETE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRAVEL; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 33748596396     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2006.00104.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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