A prospective study among patients presenting at the general practitioner with a tick bite or erythema migrans in The Netherlands.

A prospective study among patients presenting at the general practitioner with a tick bite or erythema migrans in The Netherlands.

BACKGROUND:We performed a nationwide prospective study on the transmission risk for Borrelia to humans, investigating symptoms and serology at enrolment and three months after tick bites, and after standard treatment for erythema migrans (EM). Aiming to quantify the infection risk at point of care b...

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Main Authors: Agnetha Hofhuis, Tineke Herremans, Daan W Notermans, Hein Sprong, Manoj Fonville, Joke W B van der Giessen, Wilfrid van Pelt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3655959?pdf=render

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