Mseleni joint disease: Not a borreliosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-43

  McGlashan, N D ^a   Frean, J A ^b   Harington, J S ^c   McGlashan, Helen I ^a   Larsen, S A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Mseleni joint disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MSELENI JOINT DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031056779     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90388-6     Document Type: Article

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