Tick bites in healthy adults from western Norway: Occurrence, risk factors, and outcomes

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 304-310

  Hjetland, Reidar ^a   Eliassen, Knut Eirik ^b   Lindbæk, Morten ^b   Nilsen, Roy M ^c   Grude, Nils ^d   Ulvestad, Elling ^e  

^a District General Hospital of Førde   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Epidemiology; Ixodes; Lyme borreliosis; Tick bites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD DONOR; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IXODES RICINUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; TICK BITE;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD DONORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TICKS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84877838595     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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