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Cultivation Methods of Spirochetes from Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Complex and Relapsing Fever Borrelia
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A novel and simple method for laboratory diagnosis of relapsing Fever borreliosis
Christer Larsson1, Sven Bergström
1Umeå University, Department of Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
The Open Microbiology Journal
|December 18, 2008
Abstract:
Relapsing fever caused by Borrelia bacteria is often obscured by malaria and incorrectly treated. Here a novel method for diagnosis is presented. The method is cheap, simple and requires minimal laboratory material. Despite its simplicity, the method shows surprisingly high sensitivity, detecting concentrations less than 10 bacteria/ml blood.

