Threats to international travellers posed by tick-borne diseases.

@article{citeulike:2215372, abstract = {To date, 14 tick-borne diseases have been reported in international travellers, the majority of cases being Lyme borreliosis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North America and Eurasia, African tick bite fever caused by Rickettsia africae in sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Caribbean, and Central European encephalitis caused by tick-borne encephalitis virus in Europe. The clinical presentation is frequently non-specific, and tick-borne diseases should always, in the absence of other likely diagnoses, be suspected in travellers with flu-like symptoms following a recent visit to tick-infested areas. Feasible microbiological diagnostic tests are widely unavailable, at least outside areas of endemicity where many infected travellers present. Empiric treatment with doxycycline should be considered in suspected cases of tick-borne bacterial diseases. Since ecotourism and adventure travel are increasingly popular worldwide, the incidence of travel-associated tick-borne diseases is likely to increase in the future.}, address = {Department of Internal Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. mogens.jensenius@ioks.uio.no}, author = {Jensenius, M. and Parola, P. and Raoult, D. }, citeulike-article-id = {2215372}, doi = {10.1016/j.tmaid.2004.11.003}, issn = {1477-8939}, journal = {Travel Med Infect Dis}, keywords = {disease, lyme, tick-borne, ticks}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {4--13}, posted-at = {2008-01-10 16:59:53}, priority = {2}, title = {Threats to international travellers posed by tick-borne diseases.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2004.11.003}, volume = {4}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2215372 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2215372 TI - Threats to international travellers posed by tick-borne diseases. JF - Travel Med Infect Dis VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 4 EP - 13 AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. mogens.jensenius@ioks.uio.no SN - 1477-8939 N2 - To date, 14 tick-borne diseases have been reported in international travellers, the majority of cases being Lyme borreliosis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North America and Eurasia, African tick bite fever caused by Rickettsia africae in sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Caribbean, and Central European encephalitis caused by tick-borne encephalitis virus in Europe. The clinical presentation is frequently non-specific, and tick-borne diseases should always, in the absence of other likely diagnoses, be suspected in travellers with flu-like symptoms following a recent visit to tick-infested areas. Feasible microbiological diagnostic tests are widely unavailable, at least outside areas of endemicity where many infected travellers present. Empiric treatment with doxycycline should be considered in suspected cases of tick-borne bacterial diseases. Since ecotourism and adventure travel are increasingly popular worldwide, the incidence of travel-associated tick-borne diseases is likely to increase in the future. KW - disease KW - lyme KW - tick-borne KW - ticks AU - Jensenius, M AU - Parola, P AU - Raoult, D PY - 2006/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2004.11.003 ER -