Anti-Babesia microti antibodies in foresters highly exposed to tick bites in Poland

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-201

  Pancewicz, Sławomir ^a   Moniuszko, Anna ^a   Bieniarz, Elzbieta ^b   Puciło, Katarzyna ^b   Grygorczuk, Sambor ^a   Zajkowska, Joanna ^a   Czupryna, Piotr ^a   Kondrusik, MacIej ^a   Świerzbińska Pijanowska, Renata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b Diagnostic Centre for Sexually Transmitted Diseases   (Poland)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Babesiosis; Borrelia burgdorferi; foresters; tick

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BLOOD SAMPLING; EMPLOYEE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOREST WORKER; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; POLAND; TICK BITE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TREES;

EID: 79951607512     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.538930     Document Type: Article

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