Lyme disease without erythema migrans: Cause for concern? [1]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-73

  Stricker, Raphael B ^a   Phillips, Steven E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ehrlichia; Lyme disease; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLUENZA; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0037966090     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00244-4     Document Type: Letter

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