Was it authentic Lyme disease or some other disorder?
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Description of Lyme disease-like syndrome in Brazil. Is it a new tick borne disease or Lyme disease variation?
An emerging clinical entity that reproduces clinical manifestations similar to those observed in Lyme disease (LD) has been recently under discussion in Brazil. Due to etiological and laboratory particularities it is named LD-like syndrome or LD imitator syndrome. The condition is considered to be a zoonosis transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, possibly caused by interaction of multiple...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pathogens and Disease
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2049-632X
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftx028