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Identification and characterization of Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, isolated in Korea
1 Jul 1993
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Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, were identified and characterized for the first time in Korea. Four isolates, designated Konkuk-1, Konkuk-2, Kangwon-3, and KM-4, were made from midgut suspensions of three Ixodes ticks and heart tissue from one mouse, Apodemus agrarius, collected from Chungbuk and Kangwon provinces. The four Korean isolates and B. burgdorferi sensu lato from other...
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