Antibody reactivity to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto antigens in patients from the Brazilian Amazon region with skin diseases not related to Lyme disease

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 552-556

  Santos, Mônica ^a   Ribeiro Rodrigues, Rodrigo ^b   Lobo, Rogério ^c   Talhari, Sinésio ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c FMTAM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; DOXYCYCLINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77953108992     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04393.x     Document Type: Article

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