Comparison of Immunodot and Western Blot Assays for Diagnosing Lyme Borreliosis
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a case of lyme disease (lyme borreliosis)
while an important infectious disease in the united states and eurasia, lyme disease is rare in iran. we present a 9-year old boy admitted in children’s medical center in december 2001 with final diagnosis of lyme disease. on admission he showed arthritis and a history of previous skin lesions. serologic examination including enzyme–linked immunosorbent assay and western blot was positive for l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1071-412X,1098-6588
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.4.503-506.1998