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Original Article

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato Strains Isolated from Cutaneous Lyme Borreliosis Biopsies Differentiated by Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis

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Pages 583-589 | Received 03 May 1996, Accepted 10 Sep 1996, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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