title: [The experience of a serological examination of the rural population in a territory endemic for Lyme borreliosis].
abstract: Serological surveys have been performed in two communities (Kirovsk District, Leningrad Province) endemic for Lyme's borreliosis. 736 individuals (51% of the population) have been examined. Standard capillary blood samples (drops from the finger on a filter paper) have been investigated by indirect immunofluorescence. Blood sera of residents from nonendemic territories and patients with various rheumatic diseases served as a control. Serum dilution 1:80 was considered as a reliable screening titre. In general, the seroprevalence was shown to account for 9%.
authors: E I
authors: EI
authors: Korenberg
authors: M I
authors: MI
authors: Kalinin
authors: I A
authors: IA
authors: Skripnikova
authors: L M
authors: LM
authors: Soldatkina
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012424:Rural Population; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Opyt serologicheskogo obsledovaniia sel'skogo naseleniia éndemichnoĭ po borreliozu Laĭma territorii.