Presence of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in samples of subjects in an area of the Northern Italy in the period 2002-2008

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 455-460

  Calderaro, Adriana ^a   Montecchini, Sara ^a   Gorrini, Chiara ^a   Piccolo, Giovanna ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Italy; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SERUM;

EID: 79960379675     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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