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Case Reports
. 1988 Dec;4(4):506-10.
doi: 10.1007/BF00146408.

Lyme disease in Italy: isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from a patient

R Burioni  1 , R Grillo, M Magarò, G Dettori
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Lyme disease in Italy: isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from a patient

R Burioni et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 1988 Dec.

Abstract

A strain of Borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from a 48-year-old female patient suffering from a chronic form of polyarthritis. Significant titers of specific anti-Borrelia antibodies were not found. This is the first report of isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from a patient in Italy.

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