Clearance of Borrelia burgdorferi may not be required for resistance to experimental lyme arthritis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2065-2071

  Brown, Charles R ^a   Reiner, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0031923273     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.2065-2071.1998     Document Type: Article

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