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Differentiation of Reinfection from Relapse in Recurrent Lyme Disease

Author(s) -

Robert B. Nadelman,

Klára Hanincová,

Priyanka Mukherjee,

Dionysios Liveris,

John Nowakowski,

Donna McKenna,

Dustin Brisson,

Denise R. Cooper,

Susan Bittker,

Guy Madison,

Diane Holmgren,

Ira Schwartz,

Gary P. Wormser

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1114362

Subject(s) - erythema migrans , lyme disease , borrelia burgdorferi , medicine , dermatology , erythema chronicum migrans , disease , erythema , immunology , borrelia , lyme borreliosis , antibody

Erythema migrans is the most common manifestation of Lyme disease. Recurrences are not uncommon, and although they are usually attributed to reinfection rather than relapse of the original infection, this remains somewhat controversial. We used molecular typing of Borrelia burgdorferi isolates obtained from patients with culture-confirmed episodes of erythema migrans to distinguish between relapse and reinfection.

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