Lyme disease in Italy: Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from a patient

R. Burioni; R. Grillo; M. Magarò; G. Dettori

doi:10.1007/BF00146408

Lyme disease in Italy: Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from a patient

R. Burioni, R. Grillo, M. Magarò, G. Dettori

IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

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Abstract

A strain of Borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from a 48-year-old female patient suffering from a chronic form of polyarthritis. Significant titers of specific anti-Borrelia antibodies were not found. This is the first report of isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from a patient in Italy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	506-510
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Journal of Epidemiology
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146408
Publication status	Published - Dec 1988

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Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease

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Epidemiology

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