Bacterial pathogenesis: A variation on variation in Lyme disease

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1997, Pages

  Koomey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0031239957     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00275-2     Document Type: Review

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