Seroprevalence of lyme borreliosis in Scottish blood donors

Transfus Med. 2015 Aug;25(4):284-6. doi: 10.1111/tme.12197. Epub 2015 Apr 14.

Authors

H Munro¹, S Mavin², K Duffy¹, R Evans², L M Jarvis¹

Affiliations

¹ National Microbiology Reference Unit, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, West of Scotland Blood Transfusion Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
² National Lyme borreliosis testing laboratory, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK.

PMID: 25868417
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12197

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
Blood Safety
Borrelia burgdorferi / immunology*
Disease Reservoirs
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood*
Lyme Disease / blood
Lyme Disease / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
Sampling Studies
Scotland / epidemiology
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Urban Population / statistics & numerical data

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
Immunoglobulin G