Seroprevalence of Borrelia IgG antibodies among young Swedish children in relation to reported tick bites, symptoms and previous treatment for Lyme borreliosis: A population-based survey

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1013-1016

  Skogman, Barbro H ^a,b   Ekerfelt, Christina ^c   Ludvigsson, Johnny ^c   Forsberg, Pia ^c  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Center for Clinical Research in Dalarna   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS, BENIGN MIGRATORY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TICKS;

EID: 78649821815     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.183624     Document Type: Article

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