Serum samples from 127 Dutch forestry workers and 127 matched controls were tested for
antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi in an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) …

Background Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks
in the USA and Europe. This review aims to estimate the regional burden of LB in Western …

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, is endemic in most of the regions in Europe. Pathogen
circulates in nature involving ticks vector (mainly Ixodes ricinus in Europe) and wide …

A cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study was conducted on forestry workers, a high risk
population for Lyme borreliosis. The prevalence of seropositive forestry workers (indirect …

Background: Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne disease in Europe, but
the burden of disease is incompletely described. Methods: We conducted a systematic …

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne disease in Germany. Mandatory
notification of acute LB manifestations (erythema migrans (EM), neuroborreliosis (NB), and …

Despite improvements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, Lyme borreliosis (LB) is still
the most common arthropod-borne disease in temperate regions of the northern …

In multiple case reports from Sweden dating back to 1908, he postulated that EM resulted
from an agent transmitted by the bite of the Ixodes reduvius tick. Subsequently, a link with …

Background: Lyme borreliosis (LB), a tick bite-transmitted infection caused by Borrelia
burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl) complex spirochetes, is the most common tickborne disease in …

How can nature be protected and biodiversity be preserved while the threats of zoonotic
diseases are minimised? Expanding nature areas and creating ecological networks across …