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. 2013 Jan 17;368(3):291-3.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1215469.

Human Borrelia miyamotoi infection in the United States

Peter J Krause, Sukanya Narasimhan, Gary P Wormser, Lindsay Rollend, Erol Fikrig, Timothy Lepore, Alan Barbour, Durland Fish

Human Borrelia miyamotoi infection in the United States

Peter J Krause et al. N Engl J Med. .
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