Determination of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in the serum of patients living in Calabria, Southern Italy

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-172

  Santino, I ^a   Dastoli, F ^a   Lavorino, C ^b   Navazio, M ^c   Nicosia, R ^a   Oliveti, A ^c   Oliveti, G ^c   Pustorino, R ^a   Sessa, R ^a   Del Piano, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b National Blood Transfusion Center   (Italy)

^c Casa di Cura Reumatologica Oliveti ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0030229480     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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