Borrelia burgdorferi infections in children and adolescents in Switzerland – a seroprevalence study 2023/2024 (BOBUINCA)
This study shows an increased seroprevalence for B. burgdorferi in the paediatric age compared to previous childhood studies. We also found an increased risk for B. burgdorferi infection at young age.
Authors
- Tatjana Welzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1800-0327)
- Nora Fritschi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4085-5276)
- Ulrich Heininger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8901-6778)
- Nicole Ritz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1498-1685)
- Andrea Marten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3853-1276)
- Laura Heeb
Institutions
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Basel (CH)
- University Children’s Hospital Bern (CH)
- University Children’s Hospital Basel (CH)
- Department of Biomedicine Basel (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-024-02387-7
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55
Funders
- Universität Basel