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Volume 22, Number 5—May 2016
Research

Differences in Genotype, Clinical Features, and Inflammatory Potential of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto Strains from Europe and the United States

Tjasa Cerar1, Franc Strle1, Dasa Stupica, Eva Ruzic-Sabljic, Gail McHugh, Allen C. Steere, and Klemen StrleComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (T. Cerar, E. Ruzic-Sabljic); University Medical Center, Ljubljana (F. Strle, D. Stupica); Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (G. McHugh, A.S. Steere, K. Strle)

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Figure 4

Frequency of symptoms in patients with erythema migrans infected with Borrelia afzelii, B. garinii, or B. burgdorferi sensu stricto from central Europe and B. burgdorferi sensu stricto from the United States. A) Any symptom, B) individual symptoms. Patients were assessed for 8 symptoms (fatigue, arthralgia, myalgia, headache, fever, chills, neck stiffness, or malaise). White bars indicate patients from Europe infected with B. afzelii, light grays bars indicate patients from Europe infected with

Figure 4. Frequency of symptoms in patients with erythema migrans infected with Borrelia afzelii, B. garinii, or B. burgdorferi sensu stricto from central Europe and B. burgdorferi sensu stricto from the United States. A) Any symptom, B) individual symptoms. Patients were assessed for 8 symptoms (fatigue, arthralgia, myalgia, headache, fever, chills, neck stiffness, or malaise). White bars indicate patients from Europe infected with B. afzelii, light grays bars indicate patients from Europe infected with B. garinii, dark gray bars indicate patients from Europe infected with B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, and black bars indicate patients from the United States infected with B. burgdorferi sensu stricto. Differences between strains were assessed by using the Fisher exact test. p values are indicated. There were no differences between B. afzelii, B. garinii, or B. burgdorferi sensu stricto from Slovenia.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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