Lyme disease

Levels of Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi among Blood Donors in Moscow and Moscow Region

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2008; 10(4):362-367

To assess prevalence of antibodies to spirochetes of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex among blood donors in Moscow region, a total of 113 serum samples were tested using the new regional Borrelia strain and 2-step approach for detection of …

Review of guidelines for the diagnosis of tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2005; 7(2):130-153

According to the guidelines of ESCAR (ESCMID Study Group on Coxiella, Anaplasma, Rickettsia and Bartonella and the European Network for Surveillance of Tick-Borne Diseases)

Ticks are obligate haematophagous acarines that parasitise every class of …