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Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical

Print version ISSN 0375-0760On-line version ISSN 1561-3054

Abstract

RODRIGUEZ, Islay et al. ¿Enfermedad de Lyme en Cuba?: Presentación de posibles casos. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2003, vol.55, n.1, pp.41-43. ISSN 0375-0760.

Two possible cases of Lyme disease, which has not been reported in Cuba, but whose existence has been suspected for some years, are reported. These cases that were bitten by ticks and presented signs and symptoms compatible with this disease, according to literature, were serologically confirmed by different laboratory techniques (indirect immunofluorescence, ELISA and Western Blotting). The results suggest the presence of this borreliosis in Cuba.

Keywords : LYME DISEASE [diagnosis]; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUES, INDIRECT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES.

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