title: Canine serology as adjunct to human Lyme disease surveillance.
abstract: To better define areas of human Lyme disease risk, we compared US surveillance data with published data on the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies among domestic dogs. Canine seroprevalence >5% was a sensitive but nonspecific marker of human risk, whereas seroprevalence <1% was associated with minimal risk for human infection.
authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA. pfm0@cdc.gov
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Mead
authors: Rohan
authors: R
authors: Goel
authors: Kiersten
authors: K
authors: Kugeler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012698:Serologic Tests; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology