The relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi is cultivable in a modified Kelly-Pettenkofer medium, and is resistant to human complement

BACKGROUND: Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever spirochete found in Ixodes ticks in North America, Europe, and Asia, and has recently been found to be invasive in humans. Cultivation of this spirochete has not yet been described, but is important for patient diagnostics and scientific purposes....

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Autores principales: Wagemakers, Alex, Oei, Anneke, Fikrig, Michelle M, Miellet, Willem R, Hovius, Joppe W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25189195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-418

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