Human tick infestation pattern, tick-bite rate, and associated Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection risk during occupational tick exposure at the Seedorf military training area, northwestern Germany

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 594-599

  Faulde, Michael K ^a,b   Rutenfranz, Martin ^c   Hepke, Jürgen ^d   Rogge, Mareike ^d   Görner, Andreas ^d   Keth, Alexander ^c  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c Department of Health Affairs Regional Medical Command II ^*  (Germany)

^d Department of Occupational Health Bundeswehr Medical Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Ixodes ricinus; Occupational exposure; Seroconversion; Tick bite; Tick infestation pattern

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IXODES CONCINNA; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SOLDIER; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK BITE; TICK INFESTATION; TRAINING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; TICK BITES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NYMPH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEASONS; TICK BITES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84904039327     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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