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Borreliosis risk after tick bite in north-eastern Italy
R Milanese1, M Marin, A Antonini-Canterin
1Cardiorheumatology Centre, Civil Hospital Pordenone, Italy.
Microbiologica
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
Lyme Borreliosis is an infectious disease caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi spirochete transmitted to man by a tick bite. The aim of this study was to assess the predictive value of tick bites for the diagnosis of Borreliosis in a sample of 266 subjects residing in an endemic area of north-eastern Italy. In the serological diagnosis of Borreliosis, positive and negative predictive values of tick bites were found to be 24% and 88% respectively.