title: Prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia parkeri and Borrelia turicatae in human settlements of the Cordillera Province, Bolivia.
abstract: A seroepidemiological study to determine the prevalence of human Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne relapsing fever was carried out in three communities (Camiri, Boyuibe and Gutierrez) of the Cordillera Province, Santa Cruz Department, south-eastern Bolivia. Anti-B. burgdorferi, anti-B. turicatae and anti-B. parkeri antibodies, tested by the indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA), were detected in 10.8, 16.1 and 8.2% of the serum samples tested, and confirmed by IFA-ABS in 1.3, 1.3 and 1.0%, respectively. This is the first report of the presence of Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne relapsing fever in Bolivia. For Lyme borreliosis these findings represent a further datum to support its existence in South America.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratorio di Batteriologia e Micologia Medica, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ciceroni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoloni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guglielmetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paradisi
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Barahona
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roselli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciarrocchi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cacciapuoti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001838:Bolivia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001898:Borrelia / Q000276:immunology*; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial