Lyme borreliosis: the challenge of accuracy.

نویسندگان

  • M S Klempner
  • J J Halperin
  • P J Baker
  • E D Shapiro
  • S O'Connell
  • V Fingerle
  • G P Wormser
چکیده

Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Department of Neurosciences, Overlook Medical Center and Atlantic Neuroscience Institute, Summit, New Jersey; American Lyme Disease Foundation, Lyme, Departments of Pediatrics, of Epidemiology and Public Health, and of Investigative Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Lyme Borreliosis Unit, Health Protection Agency, Public Health Laboratory, Southampton General Hospital, United Kingdom; National Reference Centre for Borrelia, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Munich; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, *corresponding author: New York Medical College, Division of Infectious Diseases, Munger Pavilion, Room 245, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Netherlands journal of medicine

دوره 70 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012