Serologic evaluation of patients from Missouri with erythema migrans-like skin lesions with the C6 lyme test

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1170-1171

  Philipp, Mario T ^a   Masters, Edwin ^b   Wormser, Gary P ^c   Hogrefe, Wayne ^d   Martin, Dale ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Family Practice of Dr Edwin Masters   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Focus Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA LONESTARI; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LYME DISEASE; MASTERS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MISSOURI;

EID: 33750300652     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00238-06     Document Type: Article

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