Canine Serology as Adjunct to Human Lyme Disease Surveillance
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چکیده
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.
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دوره 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011