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Seroprevalence of Human Anaplasmosis in Slovene Forestry Workers
Author(s) -
ROJKO TEREZA,
URSIC TINA,
AVŠIČŽUPANC TATJANA,
PETROVEC MIROSLAV,
STRLE FRANC,
LOTRICFURLAN STANKA
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1374.012
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , anaplasma phagocytophilum , anaplasmosis , asymptomatic , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , forestry , veterinary medicine , medicine , tick , geography , immunology , serology , antibody , physics , borrelia burgdorferi , optics
The aim of the present study was to establish the prevalence and incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum during the period of tick activity and to compare the risk of infection for forestry workers and indoor workers in Slovenia.