Seroprevalence of Lyme Borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis in workers at risk, in Eastern France;Séroprévalence de la borréliose de Lyme et de l'encéphalite à tiques chez des professionnels exposés dans le Grand Est de la France

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 533-542

  Thorin, C ^a   Rigaud, E ^b   Capek, I ^c   Andre Fontaine G ^a   Oster, B ^d   Gastinger, G ^e   Abadia, G ^b  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Echelon national de santé au travail caisse centrale de la mutualité sociale agricole ^*  (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d Service de santé au travail caisse de mutualité sociale agricole de Lorraine   (France)

^e Service de santé au travail caisse de mutualité sociale agricole d'Alsace   (France)

Author keywords

Lyme borreliosis; Occupational infection; Prevention; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FOREST WORKER; FRANCE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BITES AND STINGS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; FORESTRY; FRANCE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICKS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849424726     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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