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Persisting atypical and cystic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi and local inflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis

BACKGROUND: The long latent stage seen in syphilis, followed by chronic central nervous system infection and inflammation, can be explained by the persistence of atypical cystic and granular forms of Treponema pallidum. We investigated whether a similar situation may occur in Lyme neuroborreliosis....

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Autores principales: Miklossy, Judith, Kasas, Sandor, Zurn, Anne D, McCall, Sherman, Yu, Sheng, McGeer, Patrick L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18817547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-5-40