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2293487

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-8
pubmed:abstractText
We conducted a seroprevalence survey of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in West Central Wisconsin, an area endemic for Lyme disease. One hundred and thirty-seven of 153 patients having blood drawn at the Eau Claire Family Medicine Clinic and the associated rural Augusta practice participated in the study and were tested for the presence of antibodies to B burgdorferi and questioned about Lyme disease risk factors. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed that 15 (10.9%) of the 137 persons had serological evidence of exposure to B burgdorferi. None of these 15 persons reported a past or current history of clinical Lyme disease, and they were not found to have more symptoms commonly associated with Lyme disease than seronegative patients. We conclude that the prevalence of positive Lyme serologies in this area is similar to that of other endemic areas and that subclinical or asymptomatic infection probably accounts for many of these positive results.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0043-6542
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
677-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
The prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi seropositivity in an area endemic for Lyme disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Eau Claire Family Medicine Clinic, WI 54701.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article