Lyme borreliosis, Po River Valley, Italy.
We aimed to determine the presence of Ixodes ricinusticks in heavily populated areas of the Po River Valley after report of a Lyme disease case. Eighteen percent of ticks examined from 3 locations were positive for Lyme disease borreliae. Lyme disease was diagnosed for 3 workers at risk for tick bite.
Pistone
Dario
D
Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Pajoro
Massimo
M
Fabbi
Massimo
M
Vicari
Nadia
N
Marone
Piero
P
Genchi
Claudio
C
Novati
Stefano
S
Sassera
Davide
D
Epis
Sara
S
Bandi
Claudio
C
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer