Multiple-strain infections of Borrelia afzelii: A role for within-host interactions in the maintenance of antigenic diversity?

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 545-554

  Andersson, Martin ^a   Scherman, Kristin ^a   Råberg, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Multiple infections; Strain diversity; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; OSPC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; FACILITATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARVICOLINAE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; LYME DISEASE; RODENT DISEASES; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA AFZELII; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84875512655     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669905     Document Type: Article

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