Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Humans with Tick Bites and Erythema Migrans, in the Netherlands

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Jahfari, Setareh ^a   Hofhuis, Agnetha ^a   Fonville, Manoj ^a   van der Giessen, Joke ^a   van Pelt, Wilfrid ^a   Sprong, Hein ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMAL; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; BORRELIA; CASE REPORT; COINFECTION; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK BITES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IXODES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK BITES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994291765     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005042     Document Type: Article

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