Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (51)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by SCHWARTZ, B. S.
Right arrow Articles by GOLDSTEIN, M. D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by SCHWARTZ, B. S.
Right arrow Articles by GOLDSTEIN, M. D.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 131, No. 5: 877-885
Copyright © 1990 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

research-article

LYME DISEASE IN OUTDOOR WORKERS: RISK FACTORS, PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AND TICK REMOVAL METHODS

BRIAN S. SCHWARTZ1 2 and MICHAEL D. GOLDSTEIN3,

1Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
3Center for Occupational Medicine, Department of Environmental Protection Trenton, NJ 08825

Reprint requests to Dr. Michael Goldstein, Center for Occupational Medicine, Department of Environmental Protection, 401 E. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625

A statewide cross-sectional study of risk factors for seropositivity for antibody to Borrelia burgdorferi in outdoor workers in New Jersey was performed in September and October 1988. The crude odds ratio associated with exposure to ticks on the primary state job was 2.2 (95% confidence interval (Cl) 0.7–9.0). After adjustment for multiple confounding variables with logistic regression, the adjusted occupational tick exposure odds ratio was 5.1 (95% Cl 1.1–23.6). Additional analyses revealed that any use of insect repellent or antibiotics may have decreased the risk of Lyme disease in these workers (adjusted odds ratios for not using insect repellent or antibiotics were 2 (95% Cl 1.0–4.0) and Z3 (95% Cl 0.8–6.7), respectively). These data suggest that Lyme disease is a hazard of outdoor work and that increased recognition of this fact will be necessary to prevent Lyme disease in these workers.

Borrella; Lyme disease; Lyme disease, prevention and control; occupational diseases; ticks

2Present address: Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Division of Occupational Medicine, Baltimore, MD


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Occup. Environ. Med.Home page
J D Piacentino and B S Schwartz
Occupational risk of Lyme disease: an epidemiological review
Occup. Environ. Med., February 1, 2002; 59(2): 75 - 84.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Arch Intern MedHome page
B. J. Wallace, G. Brady, D. M. Ackman, S. J. Wong, G. Jacquette, E. E. Lloyd, and G. S. Birkhead
Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in New York
Arch Intern Med, April 13, 1998; 158(7): 769 - 773.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 CLIN PEDIATRHome page
J. D. Klein, S. C. Eppes, and P. Hunt
Environmental and Life-style Risk Factors for Lyme Disease in Children
Clinical Pediatrics, July 1, 1996; 35(7): 359 - 363.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 NEJMHome page
S. M. Standaert, J. E. Dawson, W. Schaffner, J. E. Childs, K. L. Biggie, J. Singleton, R. R. Gerhardt, M. L. Knight, and R. H. Hutcheson
Ehrlichiosis in a Golf-Oriented Retirement Community
N. Engl. J. Med., August 17, 1995; 333(7): 420 - 425.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JAMAHome page
J. D. Klein and S. C. Eppes
Lyme Disease in Unwary Physicians: A Curbside Cluster
JAMA, August 2, 1995; 274(5): 383 - 384.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Environment and BehaviorHome page
W. Hallman, N. Weinstein, S. Kadakia, and C. Chess
Precautions Taken Against Lyme Disease at Three Recreational Parks in Endemic Areas of New Jersey
Environment and Behavior, July 1, 1995; 27(4): 437 - 453.
[Abstract]

Home page
 Asia Pac J Public HealthHome page
H. Nakama, K. Muramatsu, K. Uchikawa, and T. Yamagishi
Possibility of Lyme Disease as an Occupational Disease -- Seroepidemiological Study of Regional Residents and Forestry Workers
Asia Pac J Public Health, October 1, 1994; 7(4): 214 - 217.
[Abstract] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.