© 2002 Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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Occupational risk of Lyme disease: an epidemiological review
1 Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
2 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine
3 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health
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Dr B S Schwartz, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Room 7041, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Lyme disease is the most common vector borne disease in the United States. Since the early 1980s, a large body of literature has evaluated the occupational risk of Lyme disease. The availability of a new vaccine to prevent Lyme disease makes it necessary for occupational health professionals to make decisions regarding the occupational risk of the disease among employees.
Keywords: Lyme disease; occupation; work
Abbreviations: EUCALB, European Union Concerted Action on Lyme Borreliosis; ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; IFA, indirect fluorescent antibody; PCR, polymerase chain reaction
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Occup. Environ. Med. 2002 59: 140-144.
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