Lyme Disease in Hispanics, United States, 2000–2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Nelson, Christina A. ; Starr, J. Andrew ; Kugeler, Kiersten J. ; Mead, Paul S.
• Description:
  Hispanics comprise a growing portion of the US population and might have distinct risk factors for tickborne diseases. During 2000-2013, a total of 5,473 Lyme disease cases were reported among Hispanics through national surveillance. Hispanics were more likely than non-Hispanics to have signs of disseminated infection and onset during fall months.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Age Factors Animals Borrelia Burgdorferi Child Child, Preschool Databases, Factual Female Hispanic Or Latino History, 21st Century Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Ixodes/microbiology Lyme Disease/epidemiology Lyme Disease/history Lyme Disease/microbiology Lyme Disease/transmission Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance Sex Factors Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(3):522-525.
• Pubmed ID:
  26889721
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4766902
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d3c57d63868bae9d2c0fc8df90c933dfb3bc1c877d072de75b85390e3a8c0903
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38461/cdc_38461_DS1.pdf
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