Detection of a novel Lyme borreliosis pathogen

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 511-512

  Wilhelmsson, Peter ^a   Lindgren, Per Eric ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BAVARIENSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA MAYONII; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOMITING; BORRELIELLA;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE;

EID: 84962978271     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00483-1     Document Type: Note

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