Titre : | Screening of the prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in Madrid province, Spain. (2004) |
Auteurs : | Lourdes LLEDO ; Maria BELTRAN ; Maria-Isabel GEGUNDEZ ; José-Vicente SAZ ; Alcalá University. Faculty of Medicine. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology. ESP |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 19, n° 5, 2004) |
Pagination : | 471-472 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Dépistage ; Prévalence ; Epidémiologie ; Anticorps ; Bactérie ; Espagne ; Europe ; Sérologie ; Homme |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS Jqg5qR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. It was the aim of the present study to evaluate Borrelia burgdorferi antibody prevalence in the province of Madrid, located in central Spain. A total of 1825 serum samples from the general population were tested by an indirect immunofluorescence assay. Specific Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies were found in 63 (3.45%) of the samples. Statistical differences were found according to sex. |