Lyme borreliosis in South-Eastern Poland: Relationships with environmental factors and medical attention tandards

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-137

  Bartosik, Katarzyna ^a   Lachowska Kotowska, Patrycja ^a   Szymańska, Jolanta ^a   Pabis, Artur ^a   Buczek, Alicja ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Central Europe; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Public health; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; POLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; POLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79960356254     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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