Autochthonous Lyme Borreliosis in Humans and Ticks in Korea

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-56

  Moon, Shinje ^a   Gwack, Jin ^a   Hwang, Kyu Jam ^b   Kwon, Donghyuk ^a   Kim, Suyeon ^b   Noh, Yoontae ^b   Roh, Jongyul ^b   Shin, E hyun ^b   Jeong, Kyungjin ^c   Seok, Wonseok ^c   Youn, Seung Ki ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c Gangwon Research Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes; Lyme borreliosis; Lyme disease; Tick

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOCHTHONOUS LYME BORRELIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS FLAVA; HAEMAPHYSALIS JAPONICA; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; TICK; TICK BITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84875112687     PISSN: 22109099     EISSN: 22109110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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