High seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi antibodies in forestry workers and individuals suspected of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in the Netherlands

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 144-149

  Jahfari, S ^a   Herremans, T ^a   Platonov, A E ^b   Kuiper, H ^c   Karan, L S ^b   Vasilieva, O ^b   Koopmans, M P G ^a   Hovius, J W R ^d   Sprong, H ^a  

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

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Flevoziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaplasmosis; Borrelia miyamotoi; Ixodes ricinus; Relapsing fever; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BORRELIA; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FOREST WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPIROCHETE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84921970691     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nmi2.59     Document Type: Article

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