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Published in: EcoHealth 3/2015

01-09-2015 | Short Communication

Increasing Residential Proximity of Lyme Borreliosis Cases to High-Risk Habitats: A Retrospective Study in Central Bohemia, the Czech Republic, 1987–2010

Authors: Petr Zeman, Cestmir Benes, Karel Markvart

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 3/2015

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Abstract

An analysis of historical data on Lyme borreliosis in Central Bohemia between 1987–2010 has revealed that the rate of peri-domestic exposure, the proximity of patients’ residences to high-risk habitats, and the number of disease cases have been interdependent variables and that their common upturn can be dated back to the start of the 1990s or earlier. The data indicate that the disease rise is attributable to translocation of part of the at-risk population nearer to natural environments, rather than to mere intensification of people’s peri-domestic exposure at existing residential locations, or changes in the natural environment itself.
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Metadata
Title
Increasing Residential Proximity of Lyme Borreliosis Cases to High-Risk Habitats: A Retrospective Study in Central Bohemia, the Czech Republic, 1987–2010
Authors
Petr Zeman
Cestmir Benes
Karel Markvart
Publication date
01-09-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
EcoHealth / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1016-5

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