Prevalence and Diversity of Borrelia Species in Ticks That Have Bitten Humans in Sweden

Members of the genus Borrelia are among the most common infectious agents causing tick-borne disease in humans worldwide. Here, we developed a Light Upon eXtension (LUX) real-time PCR assay that can detect and quantify Borrelia species in ticks that have fed on humans, and we applied the assay to 39...

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Main Authors: Wilhelmsson, Peter, Fryland, Linda, Börjesson, Stefan, Nordgren, Johan, Bergström, Sven, Ernerudh, Jan, Forsberg, Pia, Lindgren, Per-Eric
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020888/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20844223
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01061-10
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