Recent lesson from a clinical and seroepidemiological survey: Low positive predictive value of Borrelia burgdorferi antibody testing in a high risk population

Advances in Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 356-363

  Lakos, A ^a   Igari, Z ^b   Solymosi, N ^c  

^a Center for Tick borne Diseases   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Clinical survey; Epidemiology; Forestry worker; Lyme borreliosis; Positive predictive value; Serological survey

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TICK BITE;

EID: 84879556936     PISSN: 18961126     EISSN: 18984002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10039-012-0060-4     Document Type: Article

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