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J Infect Dis 1996 Nov;174(5):1108-11.

Risk of urban Lyme disease enhanced by the presence of rats.

Matuschka FR, Endepols S, Richter D, Ohlenbusch A, Eiffert H, Spielman A

Institut fur Pathologie, Medizinische Fakultat der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany.

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 1704

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes No No No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
cross sectional 181 vector, ingestion outcome yes concurrent
Exposures Borrelia burgdorferi Group
Ixodes
Risk factors Species Specificity
Outcomes Carrier State
Lyme Disease
Tick Infestations
Species Apodemus flavicollis
Ixodes
Rats
Locations
Germany Germany (general) Elbe River (stream)
Sachsen-anhalt Magdeburg (populated place)

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