Seroepidemiological study of lyme borreliosis among forestry workers in Southern Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-261

  Buczek, Alicja ^a   Rudek, Alicja ^a   Bartosik, Katarzyna ^a   Szymańska, Jolanta ^a   Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borreliosis; Forestry workers; IgG; IgM; Serology ELISA; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOREST WORKER; FORESTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TREES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA;

EID: 75149145991     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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