Survival of Borrelia burgdorferi in antibiotically treated patients with lyme borreliosis
✍ Scribed by Vera Preac-Mursic; B. Wilske; B. Gross; K. Weber; H. W. Pfister; A. Baumann; J. Prokop
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 816 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8126
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