Increased arthritis severity in mice coinfected with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 428-431

  Moro, Manuel H ^a   Zegarra Moro, Ofelia L ^b   Bjornsson, Johannes ^c   Hofmeister, Erik K ^a   Bruinsma, Elizabeth ^a   Germer, Jeffrey J ^a   Persing, David H ^d,e  

^a Departments of Immunology   (United States)

^b Departments of Urology   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LYME DISEASE; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TARSAL JOINTS;

EID: 0036681861     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341452     Document Type: Article

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