An Immune Evasion Mechanism for Spirochetal Persistence in Lyme Borreliosis

Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete, persistently infects mammalian hosts despite the development of strong humoral responses directed against the pathogen. Here we describe a novel mechanism of immune evasion by B. burgdorferi. In immunocompetent mice, spirochetes that did not express...

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Autores principales: Liang, Fang Ting, Jacobs, Mary B., Bowers, Lisa C., Philipp, Mario T.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2002
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2193615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11854355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20011870

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2193615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11854355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20011870

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