Lyme disease in Italy: first reported case.
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The AA describe the first italian case of Lyme Disease in a middle aged woman: the patient developed after a tick bite the classical erythema chronicum migrans lesions and one month later an oligoarthritis. By indirect immunofluorescence assay it has been found a significant titre compatible with an infection by Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme Disease.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of the rheumatic diseases
دوره 44 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985