Role of Borrelia burgdorferi linear plasmid 25 in infection of Ixodes scapularis ticks

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 5776-5781

  Strother, Keith O ^a   De Silva, Aravinda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BBE22 GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LARVA; LP25 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SPIROCHETE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAPILLARIES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MUTATION; NYMPH; PLASMIDS;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 23644454421     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.16.5776-5781.2005     Document Type: Article

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