Epidemiological situation of Lyme borreliosis in Germany: Surveillance data from six Eastern German States, 2002 to 2006

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Fülöp, Balazs ^a   Poggensee, Gabriele ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649094523     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1060-y     Document Type: Article

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