A review of death certificates listing Lyme disease as a cause of death in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 364-367

  Kugeler, Kiersten J ^a   Griffith, Kevin S ^a   Gould, L Hannah ^a   Kochanek, Ken ^b   Delorey, Mark J ^a   Biggerstaff, Brad J ^a   Mead, Paul S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951829393     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq157     Document Type: Review

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