Response letter to Rebuttal to Zimmermann et al. (2025) critique of TerL-based PCR.

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Title: Response letter to Rebuttal to Zimmermann et al. (2025) critique of TerL-based PCR.
Authors: Zimmermann M; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, German National Reference Center for Borrelia, Veterinärstraße 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany., Margos G; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, German National Reference Center for Borrelia, Veterinärstraße 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany. Electronic address: Gabriele.Margos@lgl.bayern.de., Hartberger C; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, German National Reference Center for Borrelia, Veterinärstraße 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany., Lienhard R; Admed Microbiology, CNRT (Swiss Reference Center for Tick transmitted diseases) for Lyme Borreliosis Diagnostic, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland., Henningsson AJ; Clinical Microbiology, Region Jönköping County, and Division of Inflammation and Infection, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden., Lager M; National Reference Laboratory for Borrelia and Other Tick-Borne Bacteria, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Laboratory Medicine, Region Jönköping County, Sweden., Markowicz M; Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department for Vector-Borne Diseases, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria., Schötta AM; Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department for Vector-Borne Diseases, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria., Sing A; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, German National Reference Center for Borrelia, Veterinärstraße 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany., Jaulhac B; French National Reference Center for Borrelia, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Institut de Bactériologie, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg University of Strasbourg, UR3073 PHAVI, France., Lindgren PE; Clinical Microbiology, Region Jönköping County, and Division of Inflammation and Infection, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden., van Dam AP; Amsterdam institute for Immunology & Infectious diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases & Department of Clinical Microbiology, Amsterdam UMC Multidisciplinary Center for Lyme-borreliosis (AMLC), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Hovius JWR; Amsterdam institute for Immunology & Infectious diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases & Department of Clinical Microbiology, Amsterdam UMC Multidisciplinary Center for Lyme-borreliosis (AMLC), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Fingerle V; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, German National Reference Center for Borrelia, Veterinärstraße 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany. Electronic address: Volker.Fingerle@LGL.Bayern.de.
Source: Ticks and tick-borne diseases [Ticks Tick Borne Dis] 2026 Jan; Vol. 17 (1), pp. 102594. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jan 06.
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