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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 53936 |
| CIS number |
90-1025 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0140-6736 - Lancet |
| Year |
1989 |
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| Author(s) |
Guy E.C., Bateman D.E., Martyn C.N., Heckels J.E., Lawton N.F. |
| Title |
Lyme disease: Prevalence and clinical importance of Borrelia burgdorferi specific IgG in forestry workers |
| Bibliographic information |
4 Mar. 1989, Vol.1, No.8636, p.484-486. Illus. 15 ref. |
| Abstract |
41 forestry workers in the United Kingdom, who had a high occupational risk of tick-bites, were screened for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blotting techniques, as well as being questioned about possible symptoms of Lyme disease. Antibodies were detected in 10 of the 40 men who had been bitten by ticks. Definite symptoms of the disease (in the form of erythema migrans) were reported by only 2 workers, and no-one had a history of neurological illness. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Lyme disease; forestry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
immunoglobulin changes; United Kingdom |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Forestry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Forestry and logging
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