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Evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for the detection, genotyping, and quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ticks in a routine laboratory setting.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2011
Wolff Dietmar, Gerritzen Andreas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Testing of saved Ixodes ticks for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi after biting a patient may be helpful to assess the risk of bacterial transmission and to decide upon preventive antibiotic treatment. A commercially available real-time PCR assay for the identification and quantification of Borrelia burdorferi sensu lato species (LightMix Kit for the detection of Borrelia spp., TIB MOLBIOL) was...
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