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 disease was originally identified in Lyme, Connecticut, based upon an unusual cluster
of what appeared to be patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. It was subsequently …

Objectives: Lyme borreliosis is the most common zoonotic disease in Europe and causes an
estimated total burden of 10.55 disability-adjusted life years (DALY) per 100 000 population …

Lyme borreliosis (LB) has become a major concern recently, as trends in several
epidemiological studies indicate that there has been an increase in this disease in Europe …

Background: Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most frequent vector-borne disease in France.
Since 2009, surveillance of LB is conducted by a sentinel network of general practitioners …

Background Depending on geographic location, causes of encephalitis,
meningoencephalitis and meningitis vary substantially. We aimed to identify the most …

Abstract Background In 2006, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) decided
recommending a prolongation of vaccine booster intervals after the third dose for the …

Ticks represent a large global reservoir of zoonotic disease. Current surveillance systems
can be time and labour intensive. We propose that the passive surveillance of companion …

Importance Controversies about the choice of antibiotic agent and treatment modality exist in
the management of erythema migrans in early cutaneous Lyme borreliosis (LB). Objective …

Background Overall incidence and geographic range of Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE), a
vaccine preventable infection, have steadily increased in Switzerland over the last 50 years …