TY - JOUR AU - Richter, Dania AU - Matuschka, Franz-Rainer T1 - Differential Risk for Lyme Disease along Hiking Trail, Germany T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 9 SP - 1704 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To estimate relative risk for exposure to ticks infected with Lyme disease–causing spirochetes in different land-use types along a trail in Germany, we compared tick density and spirochete prevalence on ruminant pasture with that on meadow and fallow land. Risk was significantly lower on pasture than on meadow and fallow land. KW - Lyme disease KW - zooprophylaxis KW - ruminants KW - reservoir hosts KW - spirochetes KW - bacteria KW - ticks KW - vector-borne infections KW - Borrelia burgdorferi KW - Borrelia spp. KW - Germany KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1709.101523 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/9/10-1523_article ER - End of Reference