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Case Reports
. 2013 Aug 17;382(9892):658.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61644-X.

A case of meningoencephalitis by the relapsing fever spirochaete Borrelia miyamotoi in Europe

Joppe W R Hovius  1 , Bob de Wever, Maaike Sohne, Matthijs C Brouwer, Jeroen Coumou, Alex Wagemakers, Anneke Oei, Henrike Knol, Sukanya Narasimhan, Caspar J Hodiamont, Setareh Jahfari, Steven T Pals, Hugo M Horlings, Erol Fikrig, Hein Sprong, Marinus H J van Oers
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A case of meningoencephalitis by the relapsing fever spirochaete Borrelia miyamotoi in Europe

Joppe W R Hovius et al. Lancet. .
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