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Decrease in tick bite consultations and stabilization of early Lyme borreliosis in the Netherlands in 2014 after 15 years of continuous increase

BACKGROUND: Nationwide surveys have shown a threefold increase in general practitioner (GP) consultations for tick bites and early Lyme borreliosis from 1994 to 2009 in the Netherlands. We now report an update on 2014, with identical methods as for the preceding GP surveys. METHODS: To all GPs in th...

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Autores principales: Hofhuis, Agnetha, Bennema, Sita, Harms, Margriet, van Vliet, Arnold J. H., Takken, Willem, van den Wijngaard, Cees C., van Pelt, Wilfrid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27216719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3105-y