Response letter to Rebuttal to Zimmermann et al. (2025) critique of TerL-based PCR
Manja Zimmermann1, Gabriele Margos1, Christine Hartberger1
1Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, German National Reference Center for Borrelia, Veterinärstraße 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany.
Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
|January 7, 2026
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