Canine serology as adjunct to human Lyme disease surveillance

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1710-1712

  Mead, Paul ^a   Goel, Rohan ^a   Kugeler, Kiersten ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052141124     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/1709.110210     Document Type: Article

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