Serologic evidence for tick-borne pathogens other than Borrelia burgdorferi (TOBB) in Lyme borreliosis patients from midwestern Germany

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 901-908

  Hunfeld, Klaus Peter ^a   Allwinn, Regina ^a   Peters, Stefan ^a   Kraiczy, Peter ^a   Brade, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Borrelia burgdorferi; HGE; Human babesiosis; Human ehrlichiosis; Lyme disease; TBE; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; TICK; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CROSS REACTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0032561817     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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