Tick Bite Prophylaxis: Results From a 2012 Survey of Healthcare Providers

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 388-392

  Perea, A E ^a   Hinckley, A F ^a   Mead, P S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; DocStyles; Lyme disease; Tick bite; Tickborne disease

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; PHYSICIAN; TICK BITES;

IXODIDA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS; TICK BITES;

EID: 84937038686     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12159     Document Type: Article

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