title: [Incidence of Lyme borreliosis in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern].
abstract: In 1992/93 6202 ticks (Ixodes ricinus) were tested in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for Borrelia burgdorferi via dark-field microscopy. The prevalence of infected ticks was 7.8%. The sera of 1182 forest workers in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were tested for antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi. In 31.4% antibodies to B. burgdorferi were found in the sera of forest workers.
authors.affiliation: Landeshygieneinstitut Rostock.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hülsse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: von Stenglin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Zur Verbreitung der Lyme-Borreliose in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.