@inbook{dd457410b82f4ee79a6d6c0b464a6202,
title = "No serological evidence for rickettsial diseases among Danish elite orienteerers",
abstract = "A series of sudden unexpected cardiac deaths among Swedish elite orienteerers in the 1980s have resulted from the combination of infectious diseases and physical exercise. Studies in the late 1990s have pointed to Chlamydia and Barontella, which both had a high seroprevalence among Swedish elite orienteerers. We conducted a case-control study aimed to elucidate the serologic prevalence of rickettsial diseases among Danish elite orienteerers. Ticks are known as vectors for some rickettsial diseases. None of the orienteerers had a positive antibody titer against any of the tested Rickettsia despite a very high frequency of tick bites in this group.",
keywords = "C. burnetii, Case-control, Elite orienteerers, Elite sportsmen, F. tularensis, R. conorii, R. helvetica, R. typhi, Rickettsiosis, Serology, C. burnetii, Case-control, Elite orienteerers, Elite sportsmen, R. helvetica, R. typhi, Rickettsiosis",
author = "Peter Schiellerup and Thomas Dyhr and Rolain, {Jean Marc} and Marianne Christensen and Rasmus Damsgaard and Niels Fisker and Andersen, {Niels Frost} and Didier Raoult and Krogfelt, {Karen A.}",
year = "2006",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1196/annals.1374.025",
language = "English",
isbn = "1573316393",
series = "Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences",
publisher = "Wiley",
number = "1",
pages = "150--153",
booktitle = "Century of Rickettsiology; Emerging, Reemerging Rickettsioses, Molecular Diagnostics. amd Emerging Veterinary Rickettsioses",
}