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Detecting the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi, in Ticks Using Nested PCR
Published on: February 4, 2018
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Does this patient have Lyme disease?
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York, USA.
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