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Successful in vitro cultivation of Borrelia duttonii and its comparison with Borrelia recurrentis
1 Oct 1999
Abstract excerpt
Borrelia duttonii, the cause of East African tick-borne relapsing fever, has until now been refractory to growth in laboratory media. This spirochaete has only be propagated in mice or by tissue culture, restricting both yield and purity of cells available for research. The successful isolation of five clinical isolates of B. duttonii from patients in Central Tanzania and their comparison with Borrelia...
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