Occupational Risk of Lyme Disease: An Epidemiological Review

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• Personal Author:
  Piacentino JD ; Schwartz BS
• Description:
  Lyme disease is the most common vector borne disease in the United States. Since the early 1980s, a large body of literature has evaluated the occupational risk of Lyme disease. The availability of a new vaccine to prevent Lyme disease makes it necessary for occupational health professionals to make decisions regarding the occupational risk of the disease among employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Disease Vectors Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Parasitic Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Disease-control Disease-incidence Disease-prevention Disease-transmission Disease-vectors Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Parasitic-diseases
• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  75-84
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037496
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2002 Feb; 59(2):75-84
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. B. S. Schwartz, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Room 7041, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188585/cdc_188585_DS1.pdf
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