C Marguet, M Rouillier-Saas, E Mallet, M Meunier, E Jeannot, J Boulloche, C Forget
This study presents the results of a hospital survey on Lyme disease in children living in upper Normandy, a region that is quite densely wooded (with 18% forest areas and woods). The aim of this survey was to assess the prevalence of this disease in children from the Seine-Maritime and L'Eure, hospitalized in pediatric wards in the Seine-Maritime department, which includes Rouen, Dieppe, Fécamp, Elbeuf, and Le Havre. Fifteen cases of Lyme disease were diagnosed between September 1988 and June 1997. The children (6 girls and 9 boys) were aged between 5 and 14 years old...
June 2000: Archives de Pédiatrie: Organe Officiel de la Sociéte Française de Pédiatrie