Correlation of Culture Positivity, PCR Positivity, and Burden of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Skin Samples of Erythema Migrans Patients with Clinical Findings

• Daša Stupica ,

  * E-mail: dasa.stupica@kclj.si

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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• Lara Lusa,

  Affiliation Institute for Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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• Vera Maraspin,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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• Petra Bogovič,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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• Darja Vidmar,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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• Maria O’Rourke,

  Current address: CROMA-Pharma GmbH, Stockerauerstraße 181, A-2100, Leobendorf, Austria

  Affiliation Vaccine R & D, Baxter Innovations, Orth an der Donau, A-2304, Austria

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• Andreas Traweger,

  Current address: Institute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration, SCI-TReCS, Paracelsus Medical University, Strubergasse 22, 5020, Salzburg, Austria

  Affiliation Vaccine R & D, Baxter Innovations, Orth an der Donau, A-2304, Austria

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• Ian Livey,

  Affiliation Vaccine R & D, Baxter Innovations, Orth an der Donau, A-2304, Austria

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• Franc Strle

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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