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SUBMITTER: Calderaro A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3923052 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Calderaro Adriana A Gorrini Chiara C Piccolo Giovanna G Montecchini Sara S Buttrini Mirko M Rossi Sabina S Piergianni Maddalena M Arcangeletti Maria Cristina MC De Conto Flora F Chezzi Carlo C Medici Maria Cristina MC
PloS one 20140212 2
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a multisystemic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) complex transmitted to humans by Ixodes ticks. B. burgdorferi sl complex, currently comprising at least 19 genospecies, includes the main pathogenic species responsible for human disease in Europe: B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (ss), B. afzelii, and B. garinii. In this study, for the first time, MALDI-TOF MS was applied to Borrelia spp., supplementing the existing database, limited to the species B. bu ...[more]