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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Emerging Infectious Disease Journal – September 2011 Volume 17, Number 9 Canine Serology as Adjunct to Human Lyme Disease Surveillance Mead P, Goel R, Kugeler K. Canine serology as adjunct to human Lyme disease surveillance. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Sep [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/1709.110210 Abstract To better define areas of human Lyme disease risk, we compared US surveillance data with published data on the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies among domestic dogs. Canine seroprevalence >5% was a sensitive but nonspecific marker of human risk, whereas seroprevalence <1% was associated with minimal risk for human infection.   http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/9/11-0210_article.htm