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| Jovanovic,Dragutin; Atanasievska,Sonja; Protic-Djokic,Vesna; Rakic,Uros; Lukac-Radoncic,Elvira; Ristanovic,Elizabeta. |
| Lyme disease (LD) is a natural focal zoonotic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, which is mainly transmitted through infected Ixodes ricinus tick bites. The presence and abundance of ticks in various habitats, the infectivity rate, as well as prolonged human exposure to ticks are factors that may affect the infection risk as well as the incidence of LD. In recent years, 20% to 25% of ticks infected with different borrelial species, as well as about 5,300 citizens with LD, have been registered in the Belgrade area. Many of the patients reported tick bites in city’s grassy areas. The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of B. burgdorferi in high-risk groups (forestry workers and soldiers) in the Belgrade area, and to compare the results... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Seroprevalence; Forestry workers; Soldiers. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822015000300807 |
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