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Lyme borreliosis testing - comparison of five ELISA tests against Western blot

Bioingeniøren, 2009
Determination of antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi can be of additional value in the diagnosis of Lyme disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the production of antibodies in a defined group of patients. The study analysed antibodies in
Øystein Brorson, Wenche Petterson
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Pesquisa de anticorpos anti-Borrelia e anti-Babesia em soro de crianças com manifestações clínicas e epidemiologia compatíveis com a doença de Lyme-Simile no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul Detection of anti-Borrelia and anti-Babesia antibodies in the serum of children with clinical manifestations and compatible epidemiology with Lyme-Like disease in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia, 2008
A ocorrência de manifestações clínicas e laboratoriais semelhantes às encontradas na doença de Lyme e da coinfecção com a babesiose já foi demonstrada em trabalhos anteriores em adultos, porém não existem estudos desta natureza em crianças.
Erica Naomi Naka, Izaias Pereira da Costa, César Augusto Brandão Arão, Cleber Oliveira Soares, Natalino Hajime Yoshinari   +4 more
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Risk of occupational infections caused by Borrelia burgdorferi among forestry workers and farmers

Medycyna Pracy, 2014
Background: The aim of the work was to analyze the incidence of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in forestry workers and farmers, major groups occupationally exposed to tick bites.
Małgorzata Tokarska-Rodak, Dorota Plewik, Maria Kozioł-Montewka, Adam Szepeluk, Justyna Paszkiewicz   +4 more
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Comparison in the immunological properties of Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Ixodes ricinus derived from three endemic areas in Switzerland [PDF]

, 2017
Borrelia burgdorferi isolates were obtained from Ixodes ricinus from three sites in Switzerland. They were examined by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting. The phenotypes, in respect of three outer surface proteins (Osp), differed between the sites of collection.
Aeschlimann, A., Gern, L., Hu, C. M., Kramer, M. D., Leuba-Garcia, S.   +4 more
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Borreliose de Lyme em Portugal:(novos) aspectos clínico-laboratoriais do diagnóstico da infecção humana [PDF]

, 2009
Tese de mestrado, Biologia (Microbiologia Aplicada), 2009, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de CiênciasA Borreliose de Lyme (BL) é uma zoonose de reconhecida importância médica a nível mundial, principalmente no Hemisfério Norte.
Marta, Filipa Margarida Fernandes
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Molecular evidence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in patients in Brazilian central-western region

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
We aimed to detect DNA of Borrelia burgdorferi in whole blood and serum samples of patients with clinical symptoms and epidemiology compatible with Brazilian Lyme-like disease.
Fernando Aguilar Lopes, Jania de Rezende, Danielly Beraldo dos Santos Silva, Fernanda de Cássia Gonçalves Alves, Carina Elisei de Oliveira, Izaías Pereira da Costa   +5 more
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Detection of tick-borne infection in Morgellons disease patients by serological and molecular techniques

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2018
Marianne J Middelveen,1 Iris Du Cruz,2 Melissa C Fesler,3 Raphael B Stricker,3 Jyotsna S Shah2 1Atkins Veterinary Services, Calgary, AB, Canada; 2IGeneX Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA, USA; 3Union Square Medical Associates, San Francisco, CA, USA Background:
Middelveen MJ, Du Cruz I, Fesler MC, Stricker RB, Shah JS   +4 more
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Spotted Fever Group rickettsiae are the Dominant Pathogens in Parasitic Rhipicephalus microplus in Yunpan and Menghun, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

Zoonoses
Distribution of the bacterium flora in ticks has an essential role in mapping and preventing local tick-borne diseases. The purpose of the current study was to map the bacterium flora and identify the main pathogens in ticks in grazing areas of Yunnan ...
Lin Zhang, Guangqing Miao, Xuexia Hou, Peng Wang, Ying Guo, Cunjuan Duan, Xiaona Yang, Qin Hao   +7 more
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Survival of Borrelia burgdorferi Strain B31 in Human Serum Is Not Dependent on C4BP Binding to the Bacterial Surface

Pathogens
Lyme disease is a vector-borne illness caused by spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia burgdorferi species group. These bacteria employ several mechanisms to survive within the vertebrate host, including evasion of the complement system.
Tobias Jakobsson, Pär Comstedt, Sven Bergström, Johan Normark   +3 more
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Strain Variation of Lyme Disease Spirochetes Isolated from Ixodes ricinus Ticks and Rodents Collected in Two Endemic Areas in Switzerland [PDF]

, 2017
The relationship among Lyme borreliosis, Borrelia genospecies, rodent reservoirs, and Ixodes ricinus L. ticks was studied in two endemic areas in Switzerland.
Gern, Lise, Humair, Pierre-Francois, Peter, Olivier, Wallich, Reinhard   +3 more
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