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Lyme borreliosis, Po River Valley, Italy.
- Source :
-
Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2010 Aug; Vol. 16 (8), pp. 1289-91. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Base Sequence
Borrelia burgdorferi Group genetics
DNA, Bacterial chemistry
DNA, Bacterial genetics
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer genetics
Female
Humans
Italy epidemiology
Lyme Disease transmission
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Retrospective Studies
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Borrelia burgdorferi Group isolation & purification
Insect Vectors microbiology
Ixodes microbiology
Lyme Disease epidemiology
Lyme Disease microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6059
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20678327
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1608.100152