Laboratory testing for lyme disease: Possibilities and practicalities

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 319-324

  Reed, Kurt D ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LYME DISEASE; TICKS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0036159301     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.319-324.2002     Document Type: Short Survey

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