Dynamics of Spirochetemia and Early PCR Detection of Borrelia miyamotoi

We investigated whether Borrelia miyamotoi disease can be detected in its early stage by using PCR for borrelial 16S rRNA, which molecule (DNA or RNA) is the best choice for this test, and whether spirochetes are present in blood during the acute phase of B. miyamotoi disease. A total of 473 patient...

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Main Authors: Lyudmila Karan, Marat Makenov, Nadezhda Kolyasnikova, Olga Stukolova, Marina Toporkova, Olga Olenkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/5/17-0829_article