Epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis in Italy;LA BORRELIOSI DI LYME E LA SUA DIFFUSIONE IN ITALIA

Annali Italiani di Dermatologia Clinica e Sperimentale

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-30

  Stinco, Giuseppe ^a   Cattonar, Patrizia ^a   Nobile, Carla ^a   Perkan, Valentina ^a   Trevisan, Giusto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; epidemiology; erythema chronicum migrans; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 0029949522     PISSN: 0365169X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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