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    Self-reported symptoms and health complaints associated with exposure to Ixodes ricinus-borne pathogens

    The impact of infections with tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) other than Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) on public health in Europe remains unclear. Our goal is to evaluate whethe...

    Tal Azagi, Margriet Harms, Arno Swart, Manoj Fonville in Parasites & Vectors (2022)

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    Seroepidemiology of human Toxocara and Ascaris infections in the Netherlands

    Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati and Ascaris suum are worldwide-distributed zoonotic roundworms of dogs, cats and pigs, respectively. The epidemiology of these parasites in developed countri...

    Lapo Mughini-Gras, Margriet Harms, Wilfrid van Pelt, Elena Pinelli in Parasitology Research (2016)

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    Decrease in tick bite consultations and stabilization of early Lyme borreliosis in the Netherlands in 2014 after 15 years of continuous increase

    Nationwide surveys have shown a threefold increase in general practitioner (GP) consultations for tick bites and early Lyme borreliosis from 1994 to 2009 in the Netherlands. We now report an update on 2014, wi...

    Agnetha Hofhuis, Sita Bennema, Margriet Harms, Arnold J. H. van Vliet in BMC Public Health (2016)

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    Erratum to: Physician reported incidence of early and late Lyme borreliosis

    Agnetha Hofhuis, Margriet Harms, Sita Bennema in Parasites & Vectors (2015)

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    Physician reported incidence of early and late Lyme borreliosis

    Lyme borreliosis is the most common vector-borne disease in Europe and North America. The objective of this study is to estimate the incidence of tick bites and Lyme borreliosis, representative of our entire c...

    Agnetha Hofhuis, Margriet Harms, Sita Bennema in Parasites & Vectors (2015)

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    Sensitivity of a point of care tick-test for the development of Lyme borreliosis

    A commercially available self-test for the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks was evaluated for its ability to predict erythema migrans formation.

    Hein Sprong, Arieke Docters van Leeuwen, Manoj Fonville in Parasites & Vectors (2013)