Epidemiology of Borrelia infections in Austria

Epidemiology of lyme disease in France: Lyme borreliosis in the region of Berry sud: A six year retrospective

“…One case of ACA in a 55-year-old patient was also observed. In Europe [12][13][14], about 10% of patients appear to have a higher incidence of this lesion compared to that in the United States [15] whereas in Japan ACA is unknown [16]. The same hypothesis should explain the more frequent neurological manifestations observed in our study, in comparison with the United States, probably because of an association to the other species present in Europe which has been recently described as Borrelia garinii [17].…”

A STING from a Tick : Epidemiology, Ecology and Clinical Aspects of Lyme Borreliosis

“…A female predominance of LB (i.e. EM) has also been reported in other European epidemiologic studies (Mehnert & Krause, 2005;Stanek et al, 1987;Strle et al, 2002). It has also been shown that women over 44 years with EM manifestations are more often reinfected with Borrelia after antibiotic treatment, compared to similarly aged men with EM (Bennet & Berglund, 2002).…”

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in Austria

“…Since the mid-1980s, Austria has been recognised as an LB endemic area (Stanek et al, 1985(Stanek et al, , 1987(Stanek et al, , 1988Stu¨nzner et al, 1999) and, interestingly, a very recent Austrian study revealed a high seropositivity rate to B. burgdorferi s.l. (54%) among clinically asymptomatic Austrian hunters (n ¼ 1253) (Cetin et al, 2006).…”

“…Haemaphysalis concinna, another hard tick, is also known to occur in Austria, although in smaller numbers . Previous studies from Austria, well known as an endemic area of LB (Stanek et al, 1985(Stanek et al, , 1987(Stanek et al, , 1988Stu¨nzner et al, 1998Stu¨nzner et al, , 1999Stu¨nzner et al, , 2006Vyrostekova et al, 2002;Khanakah et al, 2006), revealed mean infection rates of I. ricinus of about 20% Stu¨nzner et al, 1998;Hubalek et al, 2002). The maintenance of B. burgdorferi s.l.…”