[The risk of infection after a tick bite in an endemic area. The experience of the use of an effective protocol on a cohort of Tuscan children]

R Cristiano; T Casini; S Stefanelli; G Brajon; A Salvatore; G B Calabri; V Murganic; G Calabri; G Salvi; M Di Maria; F Franchini; P Cocchi

[The risk of infection after a tick bite in an endemic area. The experience of the use of an effective protocol on a cohort of Tuscan children]

Pediatr Med Chir. 1997 May-Jun;19(3):201-3.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

R Cristiano¹, T Casini, S Stefanelli, G Brajon, A Salvatore, G B Calabri, V Murganic, G Calabri, G Salvi, M Di Maria, F Franchini, P Cocchi

Affiliation

¹ U.O. di Malattie Infettive Pediatriche, Università di Firenze, Italia.

PMID: 9340611

Abstract

The authors suggest an executive protocol for the infections due to the sting of a tick in a child. They report the experience they had observing 92 children in the period between spring and autumn in the year 1996.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Animals
Bites and Stings / complications
Bites and Stings / therapy*
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Protocols
Combined Modality Therapy
Disease Reservoirs*
Humans
Infant
Italy
Risk Factors
Seasons
Tick-Borne Diseases / etiology
Tick-Borne Diseases / prevention & control*
Ticks*