A Prospective Study among Patients Presenting at the General Practitioner with a Tick Bite or Erythema Migrans in the Netherlands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hofhuis, Agnetha ^a   Herremans, Tineke ^a   Notermans, Daan W ^a   Sprong, Hein ^a   Fonville, Manoj ^a   van der Giessen, Joke W B ^a   van Pelt, Wilfrid ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OSPA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GLOSSITIS, BENIGN MIGRATORY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TICK BITES;

EID: 84877804947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064361     Document Type: Article

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