Arthritis severity and spirochete burden are determined by serotype in the Borrelia turicatae-mouse model of lyme disease

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 285-292

  Pennington, Pamela M ^a   Allred, Craig D ^b   West, Casey S ^a   Alvarez, Rene ^a   Barbour, Alan G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LOCOMOTION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0031023901     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.1.285-292.1997     Document Type: Article

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