2005
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2002.9695196
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Borrelia burgdorferiinfections with special reference to horses. A review

Abstract: Summary This review discusses the literature on B. burgdorferi infections in view of the rising incidence of this infection in general and the increasing concerns of horse owners and equine practitioners. Lyme disease, the clinical expression of Borrelia infections in man is an important health problem. The geographic distribution of B. burgdorferi infections in equidae should resemble that of human cases because the vector tick involved, Ixodes ricinus, feeds on both species and, indeed, the infection has b… Show more

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“…Such variation might also occur due to infection with different genospecies of B. burgdorferi as has been seen in case of human beings (Butler et al, 2005).…”
Section: Clinical Presentationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Such variation might also occur due to infection with different genospecies of B. burgdorferi as has been seen in case of human beings (Butler et al, 2005).…”
Section: Clinical Presentationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Subsequently, in 1976 Burgdorfer and his associates first time reported the etiologic agent of this disease and also performed an epidemiological evaluation on a cluster of children suffering with arthritis in the city Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA. This became the first report on Lyme disease (Mast & Burrows 1976;Steere et al, 1977;Burgdorfer et al, 1982;Butler et al, 2005;Steere 2006;Staneck et al, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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