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Effect of<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>Genotype on the Sensitivity of C6 and 2‐Tier Testing in North American Patients with Culture‐Confirmed Lyme Disease

Gary P. Wormser, Dionysios Liveris, Klára Hanincová, Dustin Brisson, Sara Ludin, Vincent J. Stracuzzi, Monica E. Embers, Mario T. Philipp, Andrew Levin, Maria Aguero‐Rosenfeld,

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2008 · 53 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Lack of sensitivity of the C6 test because of strain diversity seems less likely to be a limitation of this serologic test, compared with 2-tier testing in North American patients with early Lyme disease.

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