Passive tick surveillance, dog seropositivity, and incidence of human lyme disease

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-142

  Johnson, Jaree' L ^a   Ginsberg, Howard S ^a   Zhioua, Elyes ^a,b   Whitworth Jr , Ulysses G ^a   Markowski, Daniel ^a,c   Hyland, Kerwin E ^a   Hu, Renjie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c Vector Disease Control Inc   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Passive surveillance; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 3543065857     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1530366041210710     Document Type: Article

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