Lyme disease surveillance in England and Wales, 1986 1998.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Smith, R. ; O'Connell, S. ; Palmer, S.
• Description:
  Improved surveillance indicates that Lyme borreliosis, an emerging zoonosis in the United Kingdom, has increased from 0.06/100,000 during 1986-1992 to 0.32/100,000 since 1996. Case reports peaked in the third quarter of each year. Several high-incidence localities were identified. Erythema migrans was reported in 41% of patients; arthritis in 4%; musculoskeletal symptoms in 18%; and neuroborreliosis in 15%.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Antibodies, Bacterial Borrelia Burgdorferi Group Child Child, Preschool Disease Notification Erythema Chronicum Migrans Female Humans Incidence Lyme Disease Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 6(4):404-407.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  England ; Wales
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:88777230831ba8557e04a152371ae78004e05590a2d506b88942a658539424b1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14998/cdc_14998_DS1.pdf
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