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Franc Strle is affiliated with the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and specializes in medicine, particularly in immunology and microbiology. Their research focuses extensively on infectious diseases, parasitology, and public health, with significant contributions in the ecology and epidemiology of infectious conditions.

The scientist's work prominently covers vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, as well as mosquito-borne diseases and control. Additional research interests include dermatological diseases and infestations, vector-borne animal diseases, pneumonia and respiratory infections, and emergency and acute care studies.

Frequent publication venues for Franc Strle include:

  • Microorganisms
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • PLoS ONE

Notable recent papers associated with topics related to Lyme disease and infectious disease guidelines are:

  • "Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease" (2020), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Comparison of Lyme Disease in the United States and Europe" (2021), published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • "Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease" (2020), published in Arthritis Care & Research
  • "Lyme Disease in Humans" (2020), published in Current Issues in Molecular Biology
  • "Variation in antibiotic prescription rates in febrile children presenting to emergency departments across Europe (MOFICHE): A multicentre observational study" (2020), published in PLoS Medicine

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Petra Bogovič
  • Klemen Strle
  • Gary P. Wormser
  • Katarina Ogrinc
  • Andrej Kastrin

Franc Strle's major fields of study are medicine and immunology and microbiology, with more than 100 publications in medicine and approximately 50 in immunology and microbiology. Their subfields include infectious diseases, parasitology, public health and occupational health, ecology and evolution, and epidemiology, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to research.

Best Publications

  • The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Gary P. Wormser;Raymond J. Dattwyler;Eugene D. Shapiro;John J. Halperin

  • Lyme borreliosis: Clinical case definitions for diagnosis and management in Europe

    G. Stanek;V. Fingerle;K. P. Hunfeld;B. Jaulhac

  • Lyme borreliosis

    Unknown

  • Tick-borne encephalitis: A review of epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management.

    Petra Bogovic;Franc Strle

  • Erratum: The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clinical Infectious Diseases (2006) 43, (1089-1134))

    G. P. Wormser;R. J. Dattwyler;E. D. Shapiro;John Halperin

  • Human disease in Europe caused by a granulocytic Ehrlichia species.

    M Petrovec;S Lotric Furlan;T A Zupanc;F Strle

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease.

    Unknown

  • Lyme borreliosis

    Unknown

  • Epidemiological aspects and molecular characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. from southern Germany with special respect to the new species Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov.

    Volker Fingerle;Ulrike C. Schulte-Spechtel;Eva Ruzic-Sabljic;Sarah Leonhard

  • Lyme borreliosis-from tick bite to diagnosis and treatment.

    Gerold Stanek;Franc Strle

  • Comparison of Culture-Confirmed Erythema Migrans Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in New York State and by Borrelia afzelii in Slovenia

    Franc Strle;Robert B. Nadelman;Joze Cimperman;John Nowakowski

  • Comparison of Lyme Disease in the United States and Europe.

    Adriana R Marques;Franc Strle;Gary P Wormser

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease.

    Paul M Lantos;Jeffrey Rumbaugh;Linda K Bockenstedt;Yngve T Falck-Ytter

  • Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of lyme borreliosis.

    Franc Strle;Gerold Stanek

  • Subjective symptoms after treatment of early Lyme disease.

    Daša Cerar;Tjaša Cerar;Eva Ružić-Sabljić;Gary P. Wormser

  • Comparison of Findings for Patients with Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii Isolated from Cerebrospinal Fluid

    F. Strle;E. Ružić-Sabljić;J. Cimperman;S. Lotrič-Furlan

  • Tick-borne encephalitis associated with consumption of raw goat milk, Slovenia, 2012.

    Neda Hudopisk;Miša Korva;Evgen Janet;Marjana Simetinger

  • To test or not to test? Laboratory support for the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis: a position paper of ESGBOR, the ESCMID study group for Lyme borreliosis

    R. B. Dessau;A. P. van Dam;V. Fingerle;J. Gray

  • Course and Outcome of Early European Lyme Neuroborreliosis (Bannwarth Syndrome): Clinical and Laboratory Findings

    Katarina Ogrinc;Lara Lusa;Stanka Lotrič-Furlan;Petra Bogovič

  • Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Europe

    Franc Strle

  • European Lyme Borreliosis: 231 Culture-Confirmed Cases Involving Patients with Erythema Migrans

    Franc Strle;Jeffrey A. Nelson;Eva Ruzic-Sabljic;Joze Cimperman

  • Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Europe: Clinical and Laboratory Findings for Four Patients from Slovenia

    Stanka Lotrič-Furlan;Miroslav Petrovec;Tatjana Avsic Zupanc;William L. Nicholson

  • Clinical Findings for Patients with Lyme Borreliosis Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato with Genotypic and Phenotypic Similarities to Strain 25015

    Franc Strle;Roger N. Picken;Yu Cheng;Jose Cimperman

  • Lyme borreliosis

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary P. Wormser
Gary P. Wormser New York Medical College
Tatjana Avšič-Županc
Tatjana Avšič-Županc University of Ljubljana
Allen C. Steere
Allen C. Steere Harvard University
Volker Fingerle
Volker Fingerle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert B. Nadelman
Robert B. Nadelman New York Medical College
Joppe W. Hovius
Joppe W. Hovius University of Amsterdam
James E. Childs
James E. Childs Yale University
John W. Sumner
John W. Sumner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
William L. Nicholson
William L. Nicholson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Peter Kraiczy
Peter Kraiczy Goethe University Frankfurt

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