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    Population movements and cholera spread in Cordillera Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
    (Elsevier BV, 1992) P Guglielmetti; Alessandro Bartoloni; Mimmo Roselli; H Gamboa; Daniela Antúnez; Ida Luzzi; F. Rosmini; Francesca Paradisi
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    Serologic Survey for Antibodies to<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>in Sheep, Goats and Dogs in Cordillera Province, Bolivia
    (Wiley, 1997) L. Ciceroni; S. Ciarrocchi; Antonella Pinto; Francesca Paradisi; Mimmo Roselli; Alessandro Bartoloni; P Guglielmetti; C. Valdez Vasquez; Herlan Gamboa Barahona
    A serosurvey for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was conducted on sheep, goat and dog serum samples collected in Cordillera Province, Bolivia, in 1992 Sera from 98 sheep, 218 goats and 43 dogs were tested. The observed seroprevalence in sheep and dogs was 0.0%, whereas the seropositivity rate for goat serum samples was 5.0%. Upon analysing 10 positive sera by Western immunoblotting, five reacted against the specific protein antigens and all of them met the criteria for positivity on the basis of immunoglobulin G (IgG) bands, indicating that goats in Cordillera Province were exposed to B. burgdorferi. These findings, which are further proof of the existence of B. burgdorferi infection in Bolivia, indicate the serologic analysis of goats as a suitable tool for Lyme borreliosis surveillance.