Characteristics of Borrelia hermsii infection in human hematopoietic stem cell-engrafted mice mirror those of human relapsing fever

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 20707-20712

  Vuyyuru, Raja ^a   Liu, Hongqi ^a   Manser, Tim ^a   Alugupalli, Kishore R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; B1 lymphocyte splenomegaly; Spirochete

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTEREMIA; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CD34 SELECTION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGRAFTMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PERITONEUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SPLEEN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD34; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; RELAPSING FEVER; SPIROCHAETALES; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA HERMSII; MURINAE; MUS; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 84862917692     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108776109     Document Type: Article

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