Population dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi in Lyme disease

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Binder, Sebastian C ^a   Telschow, Arndt ^b   Meyer Hermann, Michael ^a,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Immunology; Lyme disease; Macrophages; Mathematical model; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875677010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00104     Document Type: Article

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