Beyond the bull's eye: Recognizing Lyme disease
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Detecting the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi, in Ticks Using Nested PCR
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Gerard Chaaya1, Juan J Jaller-Char1, Sayed K Ali1
1University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, and Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, FL, USA.
The Journal of Family Practice
|July 31, 2016
Abstract:
A rash occurs in 80% of Lyme disease cases, but only about a third of the rashes develop into a classic bull's-eye lesion. Here's what to look for and how best to treat.

