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Immunofluorescent analyses of the serum of 100 forestry workers detected IgG antibodies to LCMV in 2% (CL 95% 0.55%\u20137.0%) of this population, to hantaviruses in 4% (CL 95% 1.6%\u20138.3%) for the serum amyloid A (SAA) serotype, and 2% (CL 95% 0.55%\u20137.0%) for the Seoul virus (SEO) serotype (samples also positive for SAA), to Rickettsia in 8% (CL 95% 4.1%\u201315%) (3% (CL 95% 1.0%\u20138.5%) for R. typhi and 5% (CL 95% 2.2%\u201311.2%) for R. slovaca, and to B. burgdorferi in 7% (CL 95% 3.4%\u201313.8%). The number of people who have been exposed to these organisms is commonly underestimated since most infections are asymptomatic. Greater epidemiological surveillance may therefore be recommended.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph16224500","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,15]],"date-time":"2019-11-15T11:25:56Z","timestamp":1573817156000},"page":"4500","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Screening of Forestry Workers in Guadalajara Province (Spain) for Antibodies to Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus, Hantavirus, Rickettsia spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5387-6792","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lourdes","family":"Lled\u00f3","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnolog\u00eda, Universidad de Alcal\u00e1, 28801 Alcal\u00e1 de Henares, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Consuelo","family":"Gim\u00e9nez-Pardo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnolog\u00eda, Universidad de Alcal\u00e1, 28801 Alcal\u00e1 de Henares, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda Isabel","family":"Geg\u00fandez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnolog\u00eda, Universidad de Alcal\u00e1, 28801 Alcal\u00e1 de Henares, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"271","article-title":"Serological survey in persons occupationally exposed to tick-borne pathogens in cases of co-infections with Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella spp. and Babesia microti","volume":"19","author":"Moniuszko","year":"2012","journal-title":"Ann. 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