Lyme Disease Vaccine
Lyme borreliosis reviewed
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 28th, 2003
"Lyme borreliosis is a multi-organ infection caused by spirochetes of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato group with its species B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii, and Borrelia afzelii, which are transmitted by ticks of the species Ixodes," scientists in Germany and the United States report.
"Laboratory testing of Lyme borreliosis includes culture, antibody detection using ELISA with whole extracts or recombinant chimeric borrelia proteins, immunoblot, and PCR with different levels of...
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