Commentary: Borrelia miyamotoi: 43 Cases Diagnosed in France by Real-Time PCR in Patients With Persistent Polymorphic Signs and Symptoms

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
² Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands.
³ Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia.
⁴ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Comment

Alex Wagemakers et al. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020.

. 2020 Sep 2:7:474.

doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00474. eCollection 2020.

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
² Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands.
³ Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia.
⁴ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Keywords: Borrelia miyamotoi; PCR; commentary; contamination; false-positive; non-specific symptoms.

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Response: Commentary: Borrelia miyamotoi: 43 Cases Diagnosed in France by Real-Time PCR in Patients With Persistent Polymorphic Signs and Symptoms.
Franck M, Ghozzi R, Pajaud J, Lawson-Hogban NE, Mas M, Lacout A, Perronne C. Franck M, et al. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Oct 23;7:586694. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.586694. eCollection 2020. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020. PMID: 33195346 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Borrelia miyamotoi: 43 Cases Diagnosed in France by Real-Time PCR in Patients With Persistent Polymorphic Signs and Symptoms.
Franck M, Ghozzi R, Pajaud J, Lawson-Hogban NE, Mas M, Lacout A, Perronne C. Franck M, et al. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Feb 28;7:55. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00055. eCollection 2020. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020. PMID: 32181254 Free PMC article.

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