1. Tick-borne diseases in the North Sea region-A comprehensive overview and recommendations for diagnostics and treatment.
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Eikeland R, Henningsson AJ, Lebech AM, Kerlefsen Y, Mavin S, Vrijlandt A, Hovius JW, Lernout T, Lim C, Dobler G, Fingerle V, Gynthersen RM, Lindgren PE, and Reiso H
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- Animals, Humans, North Sea, Tick-Borne Diseases diagnosis, Tick-Borne Diseases epidemiology, Tick-Borne Diseases therapy, Lyme Disease diagnosis, Lyme Disease epidemiology, Lyme Disease therapy, Babesiosis diagnosis, Babesiosis epidemiology, Babesiosis therapy, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne, Borrelia Infections
- Abstract
As part of the NorthTick project, co-funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund and the North Sea Region Programme, specialists in the field of tick-borne diseases from seven North Sea countries co-operated with patient organisations and governmental health care institutions to provide this comprehensive overview of diagnostics and treatment recommendations in the region for Lyme borreliosis, Borrelia miyamotoi infection, tick-borne encephalitis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, rickettsiosis, neoehrlichiosis and babesiosis. The main conclusion is that the recommendations in these northern countries are essentially the same, with very few differences. This overview presents the current diagnostics and provides useful clinical guidance., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier GmbH.. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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