Lyme borreliosis in Europe

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 27, 2011, Pages

  Rizzoli, A ^a   Hauffe, H C ^a   Carpi, G ^a   Vourc'h, G I ^b   Neteler, M ^a   Rosa R ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EPIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIODIVERSITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; LAND USE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; TICK BITE; VECTOR CONTROL; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 79960208772     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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