Hypersensitivity to Ticks and Lyme Disease Risk
Burke G, Wikel SK, Spielman A, Telford SR, McKay K, Krause PJ, . Hypersensitivity to Ticks and Lyme Disease Risk. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2005, 11: 36-41. PMID: 15705320, PMCID: PMC3294369, DOI: 10.3201/eid1101.040303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTick biteLyme diseaseLyme disease-endemic regionsNymphal Ixodes scapularis ticksLyme disease infectionDisease-endemic regionsCutaneous hypersensitivityIxodes scapularis ticksStudy participantsDisease riskPrior exposureDiseaseBorrelia burgdorferiFrequent exposureScapularis ticksBiteItchLyme disease riskHypersensitivityVector ticksTicksPrevious yearExposureDisease infectionResidents