Molecular analysis of a clinical sample confirmed the presence of Borrelia bissettii DNA in cardiac valve tissue from a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis. This evidence strongly supports the involvement of B. bissettii in Lyme disease in Europe.

Biology Centre Institute of Parasitology AS CR and Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia in Ceské Budejovice Branisovská 31 37005 Ceské Budejovice Czech Republic

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