An experimental chain of infection reveals that distinct Borrelia burgdorferi populations are selected in arthropod and mammalian hosts

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 365-379

  Ryan, Jeffrey R ^a,c   Levine, Jay F ^a   Apperson, Charles S ^a   Lubke, Lori ^b   Wirtz, Robert A ^c,d   Spears, Patricia A ^a   Orndorff, Paul E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID VECTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; RATS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; MAMMALIA; PROCYON LOTOR; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031785427     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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