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Testing patients with non-specific symptoms for antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato does not provide useful clinical information about their aetiology  M. Markowicz, D. Kivaranovic, G. Stanek  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 21, Issue 12, Pages 1098-1103 (December 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.08.005 Copyright © 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Flow chart showing selection of the study population. A detailed explanation is given in ‘Patients and methods’. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2015 21, 1098-1103DOI: (10.1016/j.cmi.2015.08.005) Copyright © 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Impact of antibody status on non-specific symptoms; 95% CIs of the percentages. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2015 21, 1098-1103DOI: (10.1016/j.cmi.2015.08.005) Copyright © 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions