Identification and characterization of Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, isolated in Korea.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1993

Authors

K H Park1, W H Chang, T G Schwan

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1: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kon-Kuk University, Choongchungbuk-Do, Korea.

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