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Prevalence of pathogens in ticks collected from humans through citizen science in Belgium

BACKGROUND: In order to evaluate the risk of human exposure to tick-borne pathogens in Belgium, a study on the prevalence of several pathogens was conducted on feeding ticks removed from humans in 2017. METHODS: Using a citizen science approach based on an existing notification tool for tick bites,...

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Autores principales: Lernout, Tinne, De Regge, Nick, Tersago, Katrien, Fonville, Manoj, Suin, Vanessa, Sprong, Hein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6873681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31752967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3806-z