Culture-confirmed reinfection of a person with different strains of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1015-1019

  Golde, William T ^a,b   Robinson Dunn, Barbara ^c   Stobierski, Mary Grace ^c   Dykhuizen, Daniel ^a   Wang, Ing Nang ^a   Carlson, Vernette ^d   Stiefel, Harlan ^c   Shiflett, Susan ^c   Campbell, Grant L ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^d Daggett Medical Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REINFECTION; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0031897535     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.1015-1019.1998     Document Type: Article

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