A questionnaire including questions on tick bites, subjective health complaints, general function and physical fitness was completed.Tick bites had been experienced by 65.7% of the study population. 78 (6.4%) were positive for IgG (9.7% in men, 2.4% in women), and 69 (5.7%) for IgM (6.1...
This investigation included a questionnaire in addition to testing serum samples for antibodies to B. burgdorferi s.l., tick-borne encephalitis virus and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. The reported occurrence of tick bites and the results of the antibody tests in this study population have been published...
The source patient for blood and body fluid exposures should be tested for HIV using a 4th-generation test (combined antibody and antigen test), HBsAg,hepatitis C antibody, and other tests as indicated by the source patient’smedical history(eg, malaria,syphilis, or HTVL). If a source patien...
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symptoms ranging from fatigue to muscle pain. STARI can only be diagnosed on the basis of symptoms and geographic location; no blood tests can confirm the infection. It is transmitted by the Lone Star tick, found in central Texas, Oklahoma, the southern states, and up along the Atlantic ...
After informed consent was obtained, the participants submitted a blood sample and filled out a questionnaire regarding tick bites, outdoor activities, and Flavivirus vaccines and diseases. Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from the immediate vicinity and were examined ...
After informed consent was obtained, the participants submitted a blood sample and filled out a questionnaire regarding tick bites, outdoor activities, and Flavivirus vaccines and diseases. Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from the immediate vicinity and were examined in pools of 10 for TBE virus...