U.S. healthcare providers' experience with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 404-408

  Brett, Meghan E ^a   Hinckley, Alison F ^a   Zielinski Gutierrez, Emily C ^a   Mead, Paul S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Prophylaxis; Provider knowledge; Tick borne disease; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB EXPERIENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TICK; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

IXODIDA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901631879     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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