Antibody Testing and Lyme Disease Risk

Stone, Elizabeth G.; Lacombe, Eleanor H.; Rand, Peter W.

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Antibody Testing and Lyme Disease Risk

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May 2005
By Stone, Elizabeth G. ; Lacombe, Eleanor H. ; Rand, Peter W.

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English

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Stone, Elizabeth G. ; Lacombe, Eleanor H. ; Rand, Peter W.
Description:

Lyme disease test results for >9,000 dogs were collected from participating veterinary clinics. Testing was conducted by using the IDEXX 3Dx kit, used widely by Maine veterinarians to screen clinically normal dogs during heartworm season. This study demonstrates how this test can be a valuable public health disease surveillance tool.
Subjects:

Animals Antibodies, Bacterial Dispatch Dog Diseases Dogs Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Lyme Disease Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Seroepidemiologic Studies
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 11(5):722-724.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

CCU112431-07/CC/ODCDC CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:

Maine
Location:

North America
Volume:

11
Issue:

5
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:e8b037f7b4a4be052c7833c57192be8e11953399cce4fd150bd76e8e2b31a188
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15614/cdc_15614_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 288.05 KB ]

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English

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