Contact with horses is a risk factor for tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA): A case control study

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue 17-18, 2012, Pages 611-617

  Lakos, András ^a   Kőrösi, Ádám ^b   Földvári, Gábor ^c  

^a Centre for Tick Borne Diseases Budapest   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dermacentor ticks; Horse contact; Rickettsia slovaca; TIBOLA; Tick borne zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE LYMPHADENOPATHY;

EID: 84866736103     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-012-0217-y     Document Type: Article

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