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Low sero-prevalence of Lyme borreliosis in the forested mountainous area of Gorski Kotar, Croatia
Croatian Medical Journal, 41 (2000), 4; 433-436. urn:nbn:hr:184:097858
Poljak, Ivica; Trošelj-Vukić, Biserka; Miletić, Bojan; Morović, Miro; Ružić-Sabljić, E; Vučemilović, A; Materljan, Eris

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Poljak, I., Trošelj Vukić, B., Miletić, B., Morović, M., Ružić Sabljić, E., Vučemilović, A. & Materljan, E. (2000). Low sero-prevalence of Lyme borreliosis in the forested mountainous area of Gorski Kotar, Croatia. Croatian Medical Journal, 41. (4), 433-436. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:097858

Poljak, Ivica, et al. "Low sero-prevalence of Lyme borreliosis in the forested mountainous area of Gorski Kotar, Croatia." Croatian Medical Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2000, pp. 433-436. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:097858

Poljak, Ivica, Biserka Trošelj Vukić, Bojan Miletić, Miro Morović, E Ružić Sabljić, A Vučemilović and Eris Materljan. "Low sero-prevalence of Lyme borreliosis in the forested mountainous area of Gorski Kotar, Croatia." Croatian Medical Journal 41, no. 4 (2000): 433-436. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:097858

Poljak, I., et al. (2000) 'Low sero-prevalence of Lyme borreliosis in the forested mountainous area of Gorski Kotar, Croatia', Croatian Medical Journal, 41(4), pp. 433-436. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:097858 (Accessed 14 February 2025)

Poljak I, Trošelj Vukić B, Miletić B, Morović M, Ružić Sabljić E, Vučemilović A, and sur.. Low sero-prevalence of Lyme borreliosis in the forested mountainous area of Gorski Kotar, Croatia. Croatian Medical Journal [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2025 February 14];41(4):433-436. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:097858

I. Poljak, et al., "Low sero-prevalence of Lyme borreliosis in the forested mountainous area of Gorski Kotar, Croatia", Croatian Medical Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 433-436, 2000. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:097858. [Accessed: 14 February 2025]

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Title (english)Low sero-prevalence of Lyme borreliosis in the forested mountainous area of Gorski Kotar, Croatia
AuthorIvica Poljak
AuthorBiserka Trošelj-Vukić
AuthorBojan Miletić
AuthorMiro Morović
AuthorE Ružić-Sabljić
AuthorA Vučemilović
AuthorEris Materljan
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Health Studies
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Internal Medicine
Abstract (english)
Aim. Clin i cal forms of Lyme dis ease in Gorski Kotar have oc curred only spo rad i cally, in con trast to the north west ern Croatia and the neigh bor ing ar eas of Slovenia, which are well-known Lyme borreliosis en demic re gions. Our aim was to as sess the level of sero-prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in a high-risk pop u la tion of for estry work ers in the moun tain ous re gion of Gorski Kotar, Croatia, and com pare it with the sero-prevalence in the res i dents of that area and the neigh bor ing lit to - ral re gion. Methods. A sero-epidemiological study was con ducted on 520 healthy sub jects, di vided in 3 groups: the first group in cluded 234 for estry work ers, res i dents of Gorski Kotar, the sec ond 100 res i dents of var i ous pro f es sions in the same re gion, and the third 186 sub jects of var i ous pro fes sions from the neigh bor ing lit to ral re gion. The sera were col lected dur ing the win ters of two suc ces sive years, 1997 and 1998. Lyme borreliosis se rol ogy was per formed by in di rect immunofluorescence as say. Sera from 10 hunt ing dogs from Gorski Kotar were also an a lyzed. Results. The IgG an ti bod ies to B. burgdorferi sensu lato were found in 11 examinees (4.7%) from the group of for estry work - ers, in 3 (3%) from the sec ond group, and in 5 (2.7%) from the third group. Four out of 10 dogs (40%) had IgG an ti bod ies against B. burgdorferi. Conclusion. Our re sults show that the for est and moun tain ous area of Gorski Kotar, Croatia, has the char a c ter is tics of a low sero-prevalence area, in con trast to the en demic neigh bor ing ar eas.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
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Journal titleCroatian Medical Journal
Numberingvol. 41, no. 4, pp. 433-436
p-ISSN0353-9504
e-ISSN1332-8166
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:184:097858
Publication2000
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