The incidence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti coinfections among foresters and farmers in eastern Poland

• Published in: Journal of vector borne diseases Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 348 - 354
• Main Authors: Pañczuk, Anna, Tokarska-Rodak, Małgorzata, Kozioł-Montewka, Maria, Plewik, Dorota
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Publications 01.10.2016; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Adult; Anaplasma phagocytophilum - immunology; Anaplasma phagocytophilum ; Babesia microti; Borrelia burgdorferi; coinfection; Antibiotics; Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Antibodies, Protozoan - blood; Antigens; Arachnids; Babesia microti - immunology; Babesiosis - epidemiology; Borrelia burgdorferi - immunology; Coinfection - epidemiology; Distribution; eastern Poland; Ehrlichiosis - epidemiology; Farmers; Female; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; Forecasts and trends; Headaches; Humans; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunoglobulins; Incidence; Infections; Laboratories; Lyme Disease - epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle pain; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Exposure; Occupational safety and health; Parasitic diseases; Pathogens; Patients; Poland - epidemiology; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Tick-borne diseases; Young Adult; Poland; United States > US; Europe; California; Anaplasma phagocytophilum ; Babesia microti; Borrelia burgdorferi; coinfection; eastern Poland

Background & objectives: Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne disease in Europe and the USA. However, a great variety of pathogens are transmitted by ticks, which results in mixed infections, with Lyme borreliosis. The aim of the present study was to show the incidence of Borrelia burg...