Significant improvement of the recombinant Borrelia IgG immunoblot for serodiagnosis of early neuroborreliosis

Ulrike Schulte-Spechtel1, Gisela Lehnert1, Gaby Liegl1, Volker Fingerle1, Christiane Heimerl1, Barbara Johnson2, Bettina Wilske1
1Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, National Reference Center for Borreliae, Munich, Germany
2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, USA

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