Borreliosis risk after tick bite in north-eastern Italy

Microbiologica. 1991 Jul;14(3):257-9.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Arachnid Vectors / microbiology*
  • Bites and Stings / complications*
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / immunology
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / isolation & purification
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italien
  • Lyme Disease / etiology
  • Lyme Disease / transmission*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Risk Factors
  • Ticks / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial