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Phagocytosis of the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, by Cells from the Ticks, Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor andersoni, Infected with An Endosymbiont, Rickettsia peacockii

Tick cell lines were used to model the effects of endosymbiont infection on phagocytic immune responses. The lines tested for their ability to phagocytose the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae), were ISE6 and IDE12 from the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapu...

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Autores principales: Mattila, Joshua T., Munderloh, Ulrike G., Kurtti, Timothy J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Library 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2999452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20331397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.007.5801