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Key articles
Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, et al. Clinical practice puidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 23;72(1):e1-48.Full text Abstract
Hengge UR, Tannapfel A, Tyring SK, et al. Lyme borreliosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Aug;3(8):489-500. Abstract
Steere AC. Lyme disease. NN Engl J Med. 2001 Jul 12;345(2):115-25. Abstract
Stanek G, Strle F. Lyme borreliosis. Lancet. 2003 Nov 15;362(9396):1639-47. Abstract
Steere AC, Coburn J, Glickstein L. The emergence of Lyme disease. J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr;113(8):1093-101.Full text Abstract
Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Wang G, Schwartz I, et al. Diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2005 Jul;18(3):484-509.Full text Abstract
Steere AC. Lyme disease. NN Engl J Med. 2001 Jul 12;345(2):115-25. Abstract
Singh SK, Girschick HJ. Lyme borreliosis: from infection to autoimmunity. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2004;10:598-614. Abstract
Steere AC, Coburn J, Glickstein L. The emergence of Lyme disease. J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr;113(8):1093-101.Full text Abstract
Hayes EB, Piesman J. How can we prevent Lyme disease? N Engl J Med. 2003 Jun 12;348(24):2424-30. Abstract
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommendations for test performance and interpretation from the Second National Conference on Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995 Aug 11;44(31):590-1.Full text Abstract
Huppertz HI, Bartmann P, Heininger U, et al. Rational diagnostic strategies for Lyme borreliosis in children and adolescents: recommendations by the Committee for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinations of the German Academy for Pediatrics and Adolescent Health. Eur J Pediatr. 2012 Nov;171(11):1619-24.Full text Abstract
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