title: Very low seroprevalence of Lyme borreliosis in young Greek males.
abstract: We studied the prevalence of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in a sample of 1100 Greek male Navy recruits. Thirty-six (3.27%) subjects were found IgG positive by an enzyme immunoassay. Only three of the positive subjects (0.27%) were reactive by an IgG Western Blot. The seroprevalence of Lyme disease is very low in the Greek young male adult population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Naval and Veterans Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stamouli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Totos
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gizaris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D015153:Blotting, Western; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G