TY - JOUR AU - Pistone, Dario AU - Pajoro, Massimo AU - Fabbi, Massimo AU - Vicari, Nadia AU - Marone, Piero AU - Genchi, Claudio AU - Novati, Stefano AU - Sassera, Davide AU - Epis, Sara AU - Bandi, Claudio T1 - Lyme Borreliosis, Po River Valley, Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 8 SP - 1289 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We aimed to determine the presence of Ixodes ricinus ticks in heavily populated areas of the Po River Valley after report of a Lyme disease case. Eighteen percent of ticks examined from 3 locations were positive for Lyme disease borreliae. Lyme disease was diagnosed for 3 workers at risk for tick bite. KW - Borrelia afzelii KW - Borrelia lusitaniae KW - suburban areas KW - Italy KW - ticks KW - vector-borne infections KW - bacteria KW - zoonoses KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1608.100152 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/8/10-0152_article ER - End of Reference