First isolation of Borrelia lusitaniae from a human patient.
The first human isolate of Borrelia lusitaniae recovered from a Portuguese patient with suspected Lyme borreliosis is described. This isolate, from a chronic skin lesion, is also the first human isolate of Borrelia in Portugal. Different phenotypic and molecular methods are used to characterize it.
Collares-Pereira
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Unidade de Leptospirose e Borreliose de Lyme, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. mcp@ihmt.unl.pt
Couceiro
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Franca
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Kurtenbach
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Schäfer
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SM
Vitorino
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Gonçalves
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Baptista
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Vieira
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Cunha
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D001483:Base Sequence; D001898:Borrelia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011174:Portugal
D004269:DNA, Bacterial