Lyme Borreliosis, Po River Valley, Europe

Pistone, Dario; Pajoro, Massimo; Fabbi, Massimo; Vicari, Nadia; Marone, Piero; Genchi, Claudio; Novati, Stefano; Sassera, Davide; Epis, Sara; Bandi, Claudio

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Lyme Borreliosis, Po River Valley, Europe

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Aug 2010
By Pistone, Dario ; Pajoro, Massimo ; Fabbi, Massimo ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Pistone, Dario ; Pajoro, Massimo ; Fabbi, Massimo ; Vicari, Nadia ; Marone, Piero ; Genchi, Claudio ; Novati, Stefano ; Sassera, Davide ; Epis, Sara ; Bandi, Claudio
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.
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Animals Bacteria Base Sequence Borrelia Afzelii Borrelia Burgdorferi Group Borrelia Lusitaniae Dispatch DNA, Bacterial DNA, Ribosomal Spacer Europe Female Humans Insect Vectors Ixodes Lyme Disease Male Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction Retrospective Studies Sequence Analysis, DNA Suburban Areas Ticks Vector-borne Infections Zoonoses
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Emerg Infect Dis. 16(8):1289-1291.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

16
Issue:

8
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:8fc2e97f367ea3f30043730efc0a2be7b6b2871b44498cf0ff5e2d9cbba1b53c
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