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Association of specific subtypes of Borrelia burgdorferi with hematogenous dissemination in early Lyme disease.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 1999
Wormser G P, Liveris D, Nowakowski J, Nadelman R B, Cavaliere L F, McKenna D, Holmgren D, Schwartz I
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto may affect the occurrence of hematogenous dissemination, 104 untreated adults with erythema migrans from a Lyme disease diagnostic center in Westchester County, New York, were studied. Cultured skin isolates were classified into 3 groups by a polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)...
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