Microbiological diagnosis in Lyme borreliosis

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 291, Issue SUPPL. 33, 2002, Pages 114-119

  Wilske, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Borrelia burgdorferi; Immunoblot; Lyme borreliosis; Microbiological diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

EID: 0036064077     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1438-4221(02)80022-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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