Zoekresultaten - 18 results

Management of tick bites and suspicion of Lyme disease in Belgian primary care: compliance with national guidelines

disease in Europe. Diagnosis is confirmed upon Erythema Migrans (EM) appearance, or serology testing. Suspicion of Lyme disease linked to other clinical manifestations than EM should be verified by ...

No molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in the blood of patients with erythema migrans in Belgium

clinical manifestation. Methods Patients with fever (> 37.5 °C) after a tick bite or those with erythema migrans (EM) were included in the study. EDTA-blood samples were screened for the presence of DNA from Borrelia ...

Lyme borreliosis in Belgium: a cost-of-illness analysis

clinical manifestations of LB in Belgium. Methods. An incidence approach and societal perspective were used to estimate the total cost-of-illness for LB in Belgium. Costs were calculated for patients with ...

Tick-borne diseases in Belgium: The incidence and economic burden of Lyme borreliosis and the occurrence of other tick-borne infections

Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome Tick-borne pathogens Abstract: Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in Europe. The most common clinical manifestation is an erythema migrans, a red ...

Recognition by Dendritic Cells Negatively Regulates Allergic Lung Inflammation through a TLR2/MyD88 Pathway.

a spectrum of clinical manifestations. Dendritic cells recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns of via two main receptor families, Toll-like receptors (TLR s) and C-type lectin receptors (CLR). Here, ...

Human psittacosis: a review with emphasis on surveillance in Belgium.

psittacosis in humans, mainly in persons in contact with birds in either the setting of occupational or companion bird exposure. Infection is associated with a range of clinical manifestations from asymptomatic ...

Combining primary care surveillance and a meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of the clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2015–2017

Lernout Source: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Volume 10, Issue 3 (2019) Keywords: Belgium Clinical manifestations Erythema migrans incidence Lyme borreliosis systematic review Abstract: Lyme borreliosis ...

Haemolytic uremic syndrome surveillance in children less than 15 years in Belgium, 2009-2015.

(2018) Keywords: Belgium Haemolytic uremic syndrome Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli Surveillance Abstract: Background: The Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) is the most severe manifestation of ...

Reproductive Disorders and Leptospirosis: A Case Study in a Mixed-Species Farm (Cattle and Swine).

function, simultaneously or not, as a susceptible host or reservoir. In the first case, clinical symptoms are likely. In the second case, infection is subclinical and manifestations are mild or absent. Mild ...

Hepatitis E virus serology and PCR: does the methodology matter?

emerging pathogen in the developed world. As the clinical manifestations and routine laboratory parameters are often nonspecific, accurate diagnostic tests are crucial. In the current study, the performance ...

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