Study of general practitioner consultations for tick bites at high, medium and low incidence areas for Lyme borreliosis in England and Wales

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a tick‐borne disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. In Europe, it is predominately transmitted by the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus. Compared with other European countries, the United Kingdom (UK) is considered to have a low incidence of LB, although this va...

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