A two year prospective study to compare culture and polymerase chain reaction amplification for the detection and diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis.

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Published in Mol Pathol on August 01, 1997

Authors

M M Picken1, R N Picken, D Han, Y Cheng, E Ruzic-Sabljic, J Cimperman, V Maraspin, S Lotric-Furlan, F Strle

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1: Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA.

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