1.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
; 89(4): 385-6, 1995.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7570871
Subject(s)
Leptospirosis/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Distribution , Aged , Bolivia/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Leptospira/isolation & purification , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Serologic Tests , Sex Distribution
2.
J Trop Med Hyg
; 97(1): 13-7, 1994 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8107167
ABSTRACT
A seroepidemiological study to determine the prevalence of human Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne relapsing fever was carried out in three communities (Camiri, Boyuibe and Gutierrez) of the Cordillera Province, Santa Cruz Department, south-eastern Bolivia. Anti-B. burgdorferi, anti-B. turicatae and anti-B. parkeri antibodies, tested by the indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA), were detected in 10.8, 16.1 and 8.2% of the serum samples tested, and confirmed by IFA-ABS in 1.3, 1.3 and 1.0%, respectively. This is the first report of the presence of Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne relapsing fever in Bolivia. For Lyme borreliosis these findings represent a further datum to support its existence in South America.