Borrelia burgdorferiGenotype Predicts the Capacity for Hematogenous Dissemination during Early Lyme Disease
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- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 198 (9), 1358-1364
- https://doi.org/10.1086/592279
Abstract
Background. Lyme disease, the most common tickborne disease in the United States, is caused exclusively by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in NortKeywords
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