Abstract
Lyme disease (LD) is the prototype of tick-borne infections. The broad spectrum of LD symptomatology, together with the tremendous variety of sensibility and specificity of diagnostic tests, poses a complex challenge for LD diagnosis. Here, we propose a clinical algorithm for Lyme patients to prevent treatment delay in suspicious scenarios.
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García-Bretón, G., Rojas-Castro, F.C., Espino-Vázquez, A.N., Fajardo-Yamamoto, L.M. (2024). Clinical Algorithm and Diagnostic Tools for Lyme Disease. In: Gilbert, L. (eds) Borrelia burgdorferi. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2742. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3561-2_16
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