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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Borrelia burgdorferi Group / genetics
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Borrelia burgdorferi Group / isolation & purification*
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DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
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Female
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Humans
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Insect Vectors / microbiology*
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Italy / epidemiology
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Ixodes / microbiology*
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Lyme Disease / epidemiology*
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Lyme Disease / microbiology*
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Lyme Disease / transmission
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Retrospective Studies
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
Substances
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DNA, Bacterial
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
Associated data
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GENBANK/FN658703
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GENBANK/FN658704
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GENBANK/FN658705
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GENBANK/FN658706
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GENBANK/FN658707
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GENBANK/FN658708