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Lymphoadenopathy during Lyme Borreliosis Is Caused by Spirochete Migration-Induced Specific B Cell Activation

Lymphadenopathy is a hallmark of acute infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, a tick-borne spirochete and causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, but the underlying causes and the functional consequences of this lymph node enlargement have not been revealed. The present study demonstrates that extracellu...

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Autores principales: Tunev, Stefan S., Hastey, Christine J., Hodzic, Emir, Feng, Sunlian, Barthold, Stephen W., Baumgarth, Nicole
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21637808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002066