Occupational risk of Lyme disease: an epidemiological review
- 1Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
- 2Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine
- 3Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health
- Correspondence to: 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.
- Accepted 27 July 2001
Abstract
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.
- EUCALB, European Union Concerted Action on Lyme Borreliosis
- ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
- IFA, indirect fluorescent antibody
- PCR, polymerase chain reaction
