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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Cross-Reactive Results in Serological Tests for Borreliosis in Patients with Active Viral Infections.

Iwona Wojciechowska-Koszko, Paweł Kwiatkowski, Monika Sienkiewicz, Mateusz Kowalczyk, Edward Kowalczyk, Barbara Dołęgowska

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Iwona Wojciechowska-KoszkoDepartment of Diagnostic Immunology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstancow Wielkopolskich Av. 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Paweł KwiatkowskiDepartment of Diagnostic Immunology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstancow Wielkopolskich Av. 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0016-0541
Monika SienkiewiczDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Microbiological Diagnostic, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego St. 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9823-4176
Mateusz KowalczykBabinski Memorial Hospital, Aleksandrowska St. 159, 91-229 Lodz, Poland.
Edward KowalczykDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Zeligowskiego St. 7/9, 90-752 Lodz, Poland.
Barbara DołęgowskaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstancow Wielkopolskich Av. 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3138-1013
Pomeranian Medical University · PLMedical University of Lodz · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, serological tests for Lyme disease (LD), routinely performed in laboratories following the European Concerted Action on Lyme Borreliosis recommendations as part of two-stage diagnostics, are often difficult to interpret. This concerns both the generation of false positive and negative results, which frequently delay the correct diagnosis and implementation of appropriate treatment. The above problems result from both morphological and antigenic variability characteristics for the life strategy of the spirochete

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active viral infectionsantibodiescross-reactivitydiagnosticsLyme diseaseserological tests

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PMID35215146
PMCPMC8879713
OpenAlexW4210484386

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