Laboratory Diagnostic Techniques for Patients with Early Lyme Disease Associated with Erythema Migrans: A Comparison of Different Techniques
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- 15 December 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (12), 2023-2027
- https://doi.org/10.1086/324490
Abstract
Recently, a number of refinements in diagnostic modalities for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi infection have been developed. These include large-vKeywords
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