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Occupational risk of Lyme disease: an epidemiological review
  1. J D Piacentino1,2,
  2. B S Schwartz1,2,3
  1. 1Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
  2. 2Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine
  3. 3Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health
  1. 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.

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.

  • Lyme disease
  • occupation
  • work
  • EUCALB, European Union Concerted Action on Lyme Borreliosis
  • ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
  • IFA, indirect fluorescent antibody
  • PCR, polymerase chain reaction

https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.59.2.75

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