[1] Med Univ Vienna, Dept Hyg & Appl Immunol, A-1095 Vienna, Austria
[2] Bavarian Food & Hlth Safety Author, Natl Reference Ctr Borrelia, Munich, Germany
[3] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Acad Teaching Hosp, NW Med Ctr, Inst Lab Med, Frankfurt, Germany
[4] Strasbourg Univ Hosp, Dept Lab Bacteriol, Natl Reference Ctr Borrelia, Strasbourg, France
[5] Klinikum Pforzheim, Neurol Clin, Pforzheim, Germany
[6] Immanuel Krankenhaus, Rheumatol Clin, Berlin, Germany
[7] Donauspital, Sozialmed Zentrum Ost, Dept Neurol, Vienna, Austria
[8] Southampton Gen Hosp, HPA Microbiol Lab, Hlth Protect Agcy, Lyme Borreliosis Unit, Southampton SO9 4XY, Hants, England
[9] Lund Univ, Dept Clin Sci, Sect Clin & Expt Infect Med, Lund, Sweden
[10] Univ Med Ctr Ljubljana, Dept Infect Dis, Ljubljana, Slovenia
[11] Univ Coll Dublin, UCD Sch Biol & Environm Sci, Dublin 2, Ireland