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Persistent Borrelia Infection in Patients with Ongoing Symptoms of Lyme Disease

2018-03-08

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<h4>Introduction: </h4> Lyme disease is a tickborne illness that generates controversy among medical providers and researchers. One of the key topics of debate is the existence of persistent infection with the Lyme spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in patients who have been treated with recommended doses of antibiotics yet remain symptomatic. Persistent spirochetal infection despite antibiotic therapy has recently...

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Literature Corpus work: 5e9a21f7-f777-52ac-8f2a-9a15bb6fec86
DOI: 10.20944/preprints201803.0062.v1

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