Borrelia miyamotoi: A lesson in disease discovery

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-62

  Branda, John A ^a   Rosenberg, Eric S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IXODIDAE; LEUKOPENIA; LYME DISEASE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIXED INFECTION; MYALGIA; PATIENT CARE; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANAPLASMOSIS; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84879564159     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-1-201307020-00009     Document Type: Editorial

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