Lyme Borreliosis, Po River Valley, Italy

We aimed to determine the presence of Ixodes ricinus ticks in heavily populated areas of the Po River Valley after report of a Lyme disease case. Eighteen percent of ticks examined from 3 locations were positive for Lyme disease borreliae. Lyme disease was diagnosed for 3 workers at risk for tick bi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pistone, Dario, Pajoro, Massimo, Fabbi, Massimo, Vicari, Nadia, Marone, Piero, Genchi, Claudio, Novati, Stefano, Sassera, Davide, Epis, Sara, Bandi, Claudio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
Materias:
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20678327
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1608.100152
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Sumario:We aimed to determine the presence of Ixodes ricinus ticks in heavily populated areas of the Po River Valley after report of a Lyme disease case. Eighteen percent of ticks examined from 3 locations were positive for Lyme disease borreliae. Lyme disease was diagnosed for 3 workers at risk for tick bite.

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