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Serology reagents intended to detect immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi, a species of intracellular bacterium of the family Spirochaetaceae. These bacteria cause Lyme disease (i.e., Lyme borreliosis), acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans, and erythema chronicum migrans; they are typically transmitted by a parasitic tick of the genus Ixodes.
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