Distinct characteristics of resistance to Borrelia burgdorferi induced arthritis in C57BL/6N mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 161-168

  Ma, Ying ^a   Seiler, Kathleen Petri ^a,c   Eichwald, Ernst J ^a   Weis, John H ^a   Teuscher, Cory ^b   Weis, Janis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Pikeville College   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031965589     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.161-168.1998     Document Type: Article

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