Differential Risk for Lyme Disease along Hiking Trail, Germany

To estimate relative risk for exposure to ticks infected with Lyme disease–causing spirochetes in different land-use types along a trail in Germany, we compared tick density and spirochete prevalence on ruminant pasture with that on meadow and fallow land. Risk was significantly lower on pasture tha...

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Autores principales: Richter, Dania, Matuschka, Franz-Rainer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21888798
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.101523
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description To estimate relative risk for exposure to ticks infected with Lyme disease–causing spirochetes in different land-use types along a trail in Germany, we compared tick density and spirochete prevalence on ruminant pasture with that on meadow and fallow land. Risk was significantly lower on pasture than on meadow and fallow land.
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spelling pubmed-33220592012-04-30 Differential Risk for Lyme Disease along Hiking Trail, Germany Richter, Dania Matuschka, Franz-Rainer Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To estimate relative risk for exposure to ticks infected with Lyme disease–causing spirochetes in different land-use types along a trail in Germany, we compared tick density and spirochete prevalence on ruminant pasture with that on meadow and fallow land. Risk was significantly lower on pasture than on meadow and fallow land. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3322059/ /pubmed/21888798 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.101523 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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