Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in forest workers from inspectorates with different forest types in Lower Silesia, SW Poland: preliminary study

D Kiewra, M Szymanowski, G Zalewska… - International Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… occupational disease risk for forest workers in chosen forest … nature of their work, that is,
systematic staying in forest areas, … forest management, which can affect the tick-borne disease

[HTML][HTML] Environmental determinants of the occurrence and activity of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of tick-borne diseases in eastern Poland

Z Zając, J Kulisz, K Bartosik, A Woźniak, M Dzierżak… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
… We have shown a correlation between the forest cover and … in thermal conditions and
ecological habitat types 13 . In the … should be considered as an area of high risk of tick bites and …

[HTML][HTML] Tick bites in different professions and regions: pooled cross-sectional study in the focus area Bavaria, Germany

L Schielein, L Tizek, T Biedermann, A Zink - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
… It was found that forestry workers had a high seroprevalence of LB and other tick-borne
diseases (TBD) as well as a background of high tick exposure at work and a self-reported history …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on tick-borne encephalitis virus and tick-borne diseases within professionally tick-exposed persons, health care workers …

A Vasić, J Bjekić, G Veinović, D Mihaljica… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
… in risk groups such as forestry and agriculture workers, … Furthermore, frequency tables were
employed for analyzing … , Poland, and Thailand declared their knowledge of the risks posed …

Tick exposure and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies among hunters and other individuals exposed to vector ticks in eastern Poland

A Panczuk, M Tokarska-Rodak, D Plewik… - Roczniki …, 2019 - agro.icm.edu.pl
… The aim of the study was to assess the risk of B. burgdorferi … of the groups of the
hunters and the other respondents … Forest Service employees are well informed about tick-borne

[HTML][HTML] A predictive model has identified tick-borne encephalitis high-risk areas in regions where no cases were reported previously, Poland, 1999–2012

P Stefanoff, B Rubikowska, J Bratkowski… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
… raising awareness among physicians working in the predicted high-risk areas … of forests
(CLC 3.1) and with the NUTS-5 boundaries. We extracted all types of roads crossing the forests

Serological research towards Lyme borreliosis in hunters and forestry workers in selected areas of Poland and Ukraine

M Tokarska-Rodak, M Shkilna, D Plewik… - Health Problems of …, 2017 - termedia.pl
… The border area of Eastern Poland and Western Ukraine is … - 339 forest workers employed
in the 5 forest districts … people who are not adequately protected against tick-borne diseases

[PDF][PDF] Influence of climatic, demographic and socioeconomic factors on tick-borne encephalitis incidence in 6 counties of Podlaskie region in 1994-2014

P Czupryna, A Moniuszko, S Pancewicz… - Przegl …, 2016 - sknzp.wum.edu.pl
… In Poland, the Podlaskie region is an endemic region for … We observed decrease in
employment in professions associated with elevated risk of exposure to tick bites: forest workers, …

Lifestyle, habitat and farmers' risk of exposure to tick bites in an endemic area of tickborne diseases in Hungary

S Li, L Juhász‐Horváth, A Trájer… - Zoonoses and public …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… character of tick habitats (eg, forests, semi-natural areas and … 87% of farmers in eastern
Poland reported frequent tick bites (… Several future research directions are suggested by this work

Forestry workers

M Haeberle - Kanerva's occupational dermatology, 2020 - Springer
… by borreliosis and other tick-borne diseases. In Germany, … risk groups were found in Poland,
Switzerland, Austria, and … of Roztocze National Park (South-Eastern Poland). Ann Agric …