Lyme borreliosis in human patients in Florida and Georgia, USA

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 915-931

  Clark, Kerry L ^a   Leydet, Brian ^a,b   Hartman, Shirley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mandarin Wellness Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Georgia; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFDINIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLOSIS; BIOASSAY; BLADDER DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SORE THROAT; TICK BITE; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

FLORIDA; GEORGIA; LYME BORRELIOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878408539     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6273     Document Type: Article

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