title: Lyme borreliosis, Po River Valley, Italy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pistone
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pajoro
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabbi
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vicari
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marone
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Genchi
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Novati
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sassera
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Epis
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bandi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer