Should Patients Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi No Longer Be Referred to as Having Lyme Disease?
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Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0002-9343
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.06.014