Small risk of developing Lyme borreliosis following a tick bite on Ameland: Research in a general practice;Kleine kans op lymeborreliose na een tekenbeet op Ameland: Onderzoek in een huisartsenpraktijk

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 152, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 2022-2026

  Jacobs, J J W M ^a   Noordhoek, G T ^b   Brouwers, J M M ^a   Wielinga, P R ^c   Jacobs, J P A M ^d   Brandenburg, A H ^b  

^a Huisartsenpraktijk Ballum ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Laboratorium Voor de Volksgezondheid in Friesland   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEATING; TICK BITE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52249092614     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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