Risk of acquiring tick-borne infections in forestry workers from Lazio, Italy

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1579-1581

  Di Renzi, S ^a   Martini, A ^a   Binazzi, A ^a   Marinaccio, A ^a   Vonesch, N ^a   D'Amico, W ^a   Moro, T ^b   Fiorentini, C ^c   Ciufolini, M G ^c   Visca, P ^d   Tomao, P ^a  

^a Department of Occupational Medicine   (Italy)

^b Presidio Ospedaliero San Camillo De' Lellis   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIELD WORK; FOREST WORKER; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 78651336748     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1028-6     Document Type: Article

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