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A seroepidemiological investigation of Lyme disease in Qiongzhong County, Hainan Province in 2019–2020
Author(s) -
Wen Shu,
Qianyan Xu,
Dingfa Liu,
Zhangli Lin,
Zhishen Lin,
Shaojin Chen,
Mingwei Chen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm-21-693
Subject(s) - medicine , lyme disease , lyme , virology , environmental health , traditional medicine , borrelia burgdorferi , immunology , antibody
The incidence and prevalence of Lyme disease are expanding and rising, respectively, which constitutes a worldwide public health problem. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Lyme disease (LD) in Qiongzhong County, Hainan, and to determine the LD infection level in the local population, so as to provide evidence for further local LD surveillance as well as effective prevention and treatment measures.

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