Borrelia burgdorferi infection among forestry workers-assessed with an immunoenzymatic method [ELISA], PCR, and correlated with the clinical state of the patients

J Niscigorska, B Skotarczak… - Annals of Agricultural and …, 2003 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
Occurrence of borreliosis in human population is associated with possibility of contact with
the biological vector of this disease-a common European tick, Ixodes ricinus. Therefore, the …

[PDF][PDF] Seroepidemiological study of Lyme borreliosis among forestry workers in southern Poland

A Buczek, A Rudek, K Bartosik… - … of Agricultural and …, 2009 - bibliotekanauki.pl
Forestry workers are a professional group particularly exposed to tick-borne infections;
however, continuous monitoring of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in this group enables …

Seroprevalence of Lyme borreliosis in forestry workers from Brandenburg, Germany

PM Rath, B Ibershoff, A Mohnhaupt, J Albig… - European Journal of …, 1996 - Springer
In 1992 blood samples were taken from 630 forestry workers in the state of Brandenburg,
Germany, and an inquiry about tick bites and possible symptoms of Lyme borreliosis carried …

Seroepidemiologic study on Lyme borreliosis in the Lublin region

J Chmielewska-Badora - Annals of agricultural and environmental …, 1998 - agro.icm.edu.pl
The frequency of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in human sera of various groups of
people from the Lublin region was studied. In the indirect immunofluorescence test (IFT) …

One year follow-up study to assess the prevalence and incidence of Lyme borreliosis among Dutch forestry workers

H Kuiper, AP Van Dam, AW Moll van Charante… - European Journal of …, 1993 - Springer
A one-year serological and clinical follow-up study was conducted to assess the prevalence
and incidence of asymptomatic and symptomatic infection with Borrelia burgdorferi among …

Lyme borreliosis in Dutch forestry workers

H Kuiper, BM De Jongh, AP Nauta, H Houweling… - Journal of Infection, 1991 - Elsevier
Serum samples from 127 Dutch forestry workers and 127 matched controls were tested for
antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi in an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) …

Prevalence and incidence of Lyme borreliosis among Slovene forestry workers during the period of tick activity

T Rojko, E Ružić-Sabljić, F Strle… - Wiener klinische …, 2005 - Springer
OBJECTIVES: To establish the prevalence and incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic
infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato during the period of tick activity, to compare the …

Correlation of tests for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in patients with diagnosed borreliosis

J Chmielewska-Badora, E Cisak… - Annals of Agricultural …, 2006 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
A group of 180 patients with diagnosed Lyme borreliosis were examined for the presence of
infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (B. burgdorferi sl) by serologic tests with B …

Prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in forestry workers of Ile de France, France

E Zhioua, F Rodhain, P Binet, C Perez-Eid - European journal of …, 1997 - Springer
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 …

Recent lesson from a clinical and seroepidemiological survey: low positive predictive value of Borrelia burgdorferi antibody testing in a high risk population

A Lakos, Z Igari, N Solymosi - Advances in medical sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
Purpose The evaluation of the correspondence between positive Borrelia burgdorferi
antibody response and the clinical symptoms attributed to Lyme disease is especially …