Evaluation of factors influencing tick bites and tick-borne infections: a longitudinal study

Abstract Background Various tick-borne infections like borreliosis and rickettsiosis pose a health risk to humans in many parts of the world. We investigated seroprevalence of and seroconversion to Borrelia burgdorferi and Rickettsia spp. and relation to tick-bites, weather and clinical manifestatio...

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Main Authors: Bo Bødker Jensen, Mie Topholm Bruun, Per Moestrup Jensen, Andreas Kristian Pedersen, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Sigurdur Skarphedinsson, Ming Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04751-0