Human subjects, = 250 B. burgdorferi seropositive: = 214 B. microti seropositive: = 10 Coinfected: = 26
Epidemiological analyses Clinical evaluation: physical exam and medical history Serological assessment: blood smears, ELISA, western blot, IFA, and PCR Statistical analyses: analysis and Student’s -test
Human subjects, = 336 Clinical Lyme disease: = 171 Acute concurrent Lyme disease and babesiosis: = 4 B. burgdorferi seropositive: = 112 B. microti seropositive: = 48 B. burgdorferi and B. microti seropositive: = 27
Epidemiological analyses Clinical evaluation: physical exam and medical history Serological assessment: western blot and antibody-capture EIA for B. burgdorferi; IFA for B. microti Statistical analyses: analysis and Student’s -test