Table 2. Reports of Lyme arthritis and identified genospecies in patients in Europe*.
| Study | Year published | PCR target | Total no. cases | PCR-positive cases |
Borrelia spp., no. (%) identified |
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| B. burgdorferi sensu stricto | B. afzelii | B. garinii | |||||
| Eiffert et al. (11) | 1998 | ospA gene | 11 | 7 | 3 (43) | 1 (14) | 3 (43) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasiliu et al. (12) | 1998 | ospA gene | 20 | 13 | 4 (31) | 5 (38) | 4 (31) |
| van der Heijden et al. (13) | 1999 | 5S–23S IGS | 4 | 3 | 3 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| Jaulhac et al. (14) | 2000 | Flagellin gene | 12 | 10 | 9 (90) | 0 | 1 (10) |
| Total | 47 | 33 | 19 (58) | 6 (18) | 8 (24) |
*IGS, intergenic spacer.