Evaluation of the immune response in culture-confirmed Lyme borreliosis erythema migrans patients

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 289, Issue 5-7, 1999, Pages 736-739

  Marangoni, Antonella ^a   Sambri, Vittorio ^a   Cimmino, Cinzia ^a   Caruso, Giuseppe ^b   Mondardini, Valeria ^b   Cevenini, Roberte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Belluno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erythema migrans; Immune response; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA GARINII; CULTIVAR; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033382355     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(99)80045-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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