Comparison of dark-field microscopy, culture, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in field-collected ixodes ricinus ticks
- 31 August 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie
- Vol. 281 (2) , 183-191
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0934-8840(11)80568-2
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