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Document ID (ISN)78387
CIS number 02-939
ISSN - Serial title 1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year 2002
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Piacentino J.D., Schwartz B.S.
Title Occupational risk of Lyme disease: An epidemiological review
Bibliographic information Feb. 2002, Vol.59, No.2, p.75-84. 64 ref.
Abstract Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. Since the early 1980s, a large body of literature has evaluated the occupational risk of Lyme disease. The availability of a new vaccine to prevent Lyme disease makes it necessary for occupational health professionals to make decisions regarding the risk of the disease among certain categories of employees.
Descriptors (primary) Lyme disease; vaccination; risk factors; outdoor work
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; symptoms; epidemiology; serological reactions; exposure evaluation; medical examinations; diagnosis
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Bacterial and parasitic diseases