Lyme borreliosis: Diagnostic difficulties in interpreting serological results
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Microbiological and serological diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis.
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A Rizzoli ([email protected])1,2, H C Hauffe1,2, G Carpi1, G I Vourc’h3, M Neteler1, R Rosà1 1. Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (Trento), Italy 2. Both authors contributed equally to this work. 3. Unité d’Epidémiologie Animale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), St Genès C...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicinski pregled
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0025-8105,1820-7383
DOI: 10.2298/mpns1012839g