Canine Serology as Adjunct to Human Lyme Disease Surveillance
To better define areas of human Lyme disease risk, we compared US surveillance data with published data on the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies among domestic dogs. Canine seroprevalence >5% was a sensitive but nonspecific marker of human risk, whereas seroprevalence <1% was a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2011-09-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/9/11-0210_article |