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Horses as a Potential Reservoir of Lyme Borreliosis in Jeju-do, Korea
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in North America, and it was designated as a national notifiable infectious disease in Korea in December 2010. While no cases in Jeju-do were recorded from 2012 to 2016, a recent survey reported that the seroprevalence of Borreli...
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Korean Society for Preventive Medicine
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30071709 http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.18.081 |
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description | Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in North America, and it was designated as a national notifiable infectious disease in Korea in December 2010. While no cases in Jeju-do were recorded from 2012 to 2016, a recent survey reported that the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in horses in Jeju-do was 19.0% (95% confidence interval, 12.0 to 28.3%). This fact suggests that horses may be a potential reservoir of LB in Jeju-do and that individuals in close contact with horses may be a high-risk group. Thus, a serological study in this high-risk group is urgently needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-60789112018-08-23 Horses as a Potential Reservoir of Lyme Borreliosis in Jeju-do, Korea Bae, Jong-Myon J Prev Med Public Health Perspective Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in North America, and it was designated as a national notifiable infectious disease in Korea in December 2010. While no cases in Jeju-do were recorded from 2012 to 2016, a recent survey reported that the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in horses in Jeju-do was 19.0% (95% confidence interval, 12.0 to 28.3%). This fact suggests that horses may be a potential reservoir of LB in Jeju-do and that individuals in close contact with horses may be a high-risk group. Thus, a serological study in this high-risk group is urgently needed. Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2018-07 2018-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6078911/ /pubmed/30071709 http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.18.081 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Perspective Bae, Jong-Myon Horses as a Potential Reservoir of Lyme Borreliosis in Jeju-do, Korea |
title | Horses as a Potential Reservoir of Lyme Borreliosis in Jeju-do, Korea |
title_full | Horses as a Potential Reservoir of Lyme Borreliosis in Jeju-do, Korea |
title_fullStr | Horses as a Potential Reservoir of Lyme Borreliosis in Jeju-do, Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Horses as a Potential Reservoir of Lyme Borreliosis in Jeju-do, Korea |
title_short | Horses as a Potential Reservoir of Lyme Borreliosis in Jeju-do, Korea |
title_sort | horses as a potential reservoir of lyme borreliosis in jeju-do, korea |
topic | Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30071709 http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.18.081 |
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