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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Pistone, Dario ; Pajoro, Massimo ; Fabbi, Massimo ; Vicari, Nadia ; Marone, Piero ; ... More +
Pistone, Dario ; Pajoro, Massimo ; Fabbi, Massimo ; Vicari, Nadia ; Marone, Piero ; Genchi, Claudio ; Novati, Stefano ; Sassera, Davide ; Epis, Sara ; Bandi, Claudio ; Less -
Description:
We aimed to determine the presence of Ixodes ricinusticks in heavily populated areas of the Po River Valley after report of a Lyme disease case. Eighteen percent of ticks examined from 3 locations were positive for Lyme disease borreliae. Lyme disease was diagnosed for 3 workers at risk for tick bite.
Subject:
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Animals
Bacteria
Base Sequence
Borrelia Afzelii
Borrelia Burgdorferi Group
Borrelia Lusitaniae
Dispatch
DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
Female
Humans
Insect Vectors
Italy
Ixodes
Lyme Disease
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Retrospective Studies
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Suburban Areas
Ticks
Vector-borne Infections
Zoonoses
Dispatch

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 16(8):1289-1291. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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