Microbiological diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis

Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Panonica et Adriatica

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 143-147

  Ružić Sabljić, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Isolation; Lyme borreliosis; PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPIROCHETE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0035725524     PISSN: 13184458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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