Lyme and associated tick-borne diseases: Global challenges in the context of a public health threat

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Perronne, Christian ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia miyamotoi; Coinfections; Diagnosis; Lyme disease; Novel borreliae; Occult infection; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORRELIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYME DISEASE; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEROLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; NOVEL BORRELIAE; OCCULT INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; COINFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; NOVEL BORRELIAE; OCCULT INFECTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84907165442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00074     Document Type: Note

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