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Peer reviewedJohannsen, Finn – Scientific Journal of Orienteering, 1993
Blood samples from 38 runners on the Danish national orienteering team revealed no ongoing chlamydia pneumoniae, although 42% had an earlier infection, similar to the incidence in the general population. However, over 2% had an ongoing lyme borreliosis infection, and 18% had an earlier infection, which is a higher incidence than in the general…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Athletes, Diseases, Foreign Countries
