Comparison of erythema migrans caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia garinii

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1253-1258

  Strle, Franc ^a   Ružić Sabljić, Eva ^b   Logar, Mateja ^a   Maraspin, Vera ^a   Lotrič Furlan, Stanka ^a   Cimperman, Jože ^a   Ogrinc, Katarina ^a   Stupica, Daša ^a   Nadelman, Robert B ^c   Nowakowski, John ^c   Wormser, Gary P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto; Borrelia garinii; erythema migrans; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CHILL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS, BENIGN MIGRATORY; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLOVENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODIDA;

EID: 80052336881     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0230     Document Type: Article

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