Prospective study on the incidence of infection by borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato after a tick bite in a highly endemic area of Switzerland

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-136

  Huegli, Delphine ^a   Moret, Jacqueline ^a   Rais, Olivier ^a   Moosmann, Yves ^a   Erard, Philippe ^b   Malinverni, Raffaele ^b   Gern, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital Pourtales Neuchatelois   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Erythema migrans; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; TICK BITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BITES AND STINGS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS, BENIGN MIGRATORY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYMPH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SWITZERLAND;

BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 80052308259     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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