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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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| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
2002
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| 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 |