Lyme borreliosis in Chile. Report of a child probably infected by imported pets;Neuroborreliosis en Chile. Caso pediátrico de probable adquisición por mascotas importadas

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 975-979

  Abarca V, Katia ^b   Ribera M, Maribel ^a   Prado D, Priscilla ^c   Lobos M, Teresa ^c   Palacios F, Olga ^c   Ferrés G, Marcela ^c   Mesa, Tomás ^c   Vial C, Pablo ^c  

^a Universidad de Tegucigalpa   (Honduras)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia infections; Child; Diagnosis, laboratory; Neurologic manifestations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BITES AND STINGS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; TICKS;

EID: 3242832779     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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