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Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe
1 Dec 2003
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In Europe, Lyme borreliosis is caused by at least three species, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. afzelii and B. garinii. Thus microbiological diagnosis in European patients must consider the heterogeneity of Lyme disease borreliae for development of diagnostic tools such as PCR primers and diagnostic antigens. According to guidelines of the German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology, the serological diagnosis...
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