BORRELIOOSITUTKIMUKSEN PUUTTEET

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Saksalainen eri tieteenalojen asiantuntijoiden laatima raportti borrelioositutkimuksen puutteista
ja alueista joihin tutkimuksissa tulee tulevaisuudessa kiinnittää huomiota (esim testien kehittämiseen). Borrelioosi on pohjoisella pallonpuoliskolla yleisin punkkien välityksellä tarttuva tauti.

Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2008Nov;51(11):1329-39. Lyme borreliosis: Research gaps and research approaches. Results from aninterdisciplinary expert meeting at the Robert Koch Institute. Article in German Poggensee G, Fingerle V, Hunfeld KP, Kraiczy P, Krause A, Matuschka FR, RichterD, Simon MM, Wallich R, Hofman H, Kohn B, Lierz M, Linde A, Schneider T,Straubinger R, Stark K, Suss J, Talaska T, Jansen A. Abteilung fur Infektionsepidemiologie, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, BRD,poggenseeg@rki.de.

Lyme borreliosis is currently the most frequent tick-transmitted zoonosis in the northern hemisphere. Germany and other European countries are regarded as highlyendemic areas; therefore the burden of disease and consequently the costs forthe health systems are considered to be high.
This report summarises the resultsof an interdisciplinary workshop on Lyme borreliosis which aimed to identifyresearch deficits and to prioritise areas which need to be addressed.

Researchneeds have been recognised for different areas: diagnosis, epidemiology,immunology, clinics, ecology and health services research.
Examples of researchareas which have priority are the standardisation of diagnostic tests, thedevelopment of markers to detect an active infection, the improvement of theepidemiological database and the analysis of the burden of disease. Publication Types:English Abstract PMID: 19043762 [PubMed - in process]