Seroprevalence of lyme borreliosis in forestry workers from Brandenburg, Germany

P. M. Rath; B. Ibershoff; A. Mohnhaupt; J. Albig; B. Eljaschewitsch; D. Jürgens; I. Horbach; F. J. Fehrenbach

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Seroprevalence of lyme borreliosis in forestry workers from Brandenburg, Germany

P. M. Rath B. Ibershoff A. Mohnhaupt J. Albig B. Eljaschewitsch D. Jürgens I. Horbach F. J. Fehrenbach

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Vol. 15 No. 5 pp. 372-377 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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P. M. Rath, B. Ibershoff, A. Mohnhaupt, et al. (1996). Seroprevalence of lyme borreliosis in forestry workers from Brandenburg, Germany. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 15(5), 372-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01690092

Seroprevalence of lyme borreliosis in forestry workers from Brandenburg, Germany

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