Lyme neuroborreliosis

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Bacteriology
An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Spot Assay Measuring Borrelia burgdorferi B31-Specific Interferon Gamma-Secreting T Cells Cannot Discriminate Active Lyme Neuroborreliosis from Past Lyme Borreliosis: a Prospective Study in the Netherlands
T. van Gorkom, S. U. C. Sankatsing, W. Voet, D. M. Ismail, R. H. Muilwijk, M. Salomons, B. J. M. Vlaminckx, A. W. J. Bossink, D. W. Notermans, J. J. M. Bouwman, K. Kremer, S. F. T. Thijsen
Bacteriology
Validation of Cultivation and PCR Methods for Diagnosis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis
Tjaša Cerar, Katarina Ogrinc, Jože Cimperman, Stanka Lotrič-Furlan, Franc Strle, Eva Ružić-Sabljić
Bacteriology
Preferential Presence of Decorin-Binding Protein B (BBA25) and BBA50 Antibodies in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Neurologic Lyme Disease
Erol Fikrig, Patricia K. Coyle, Steven E. Schutzer, Manchuan Chen, Zhidian Deng, Richard A. Flavell
Bacteriology
Significant Improvement of the Recombinant Borrelia-Specific Immunoglobulin G Immunoblot Test by Addition of VlsE and a DbpA Homologue Derived from Borrelia garinii for Diagnosis of Early Neuroborreliosis
Ulrike Schulte-Spechtel, Gisela Lehnert, Gaby Liegl, Volker Fingerle, Christiane Heimerl, Barbara J. B. Johnson, Bettina Wilske
Bacteriology
Characterization of Lyme Borreliosis Isolates from Patients with Erythema Migrans and Neuroborreliosis in Southern Sweden
Katharina Ornstein, Johan Berglund, Ingrid Nilsson, Ragnar Norrby, Sven Bergström
Bacteriology
Genetic Analysis of Borrelia gariniiOspA Serotype 4 Strains Associated with Neuroborreliosis: Evidence for Extensive Genetic Homogeneity
R. T. Marconi, S. Hohenberger, S. Jauris-Heipke, U. Schulte-Spechtel, C. P. LaVoie, D. Rößler, B. Wilske