| seroprevalence of borrelia burgdorferi infection among forestry workers and farmers in duzce, north-western turkey. | borrelia burgdorferi infection is the most frequent tick-transmitted disease worldwide. our aim was to assess the seroprevalence of b. burgdorferi infection among forestry workers and farmers in duzce, in the north-west region of turkey. blood samples from 349 forestry workers and farmers and 193 healthy blood donors were obtained to determine the presence of antibodies to b. burgdorferi. a two-step testing strategy was used; the sera were initially tested by elisa and then by western blot (wb) ... | 2008 | 18623985 |