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Strain-Specific Variation of the Decorin-Binding Adhesin DbpA Influences the Tissue Tropism of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

Lyme disease spirochetes demonstrate strain- and species-specific differences in tissue tropism. For example, the three major Lyme disease spirochete species, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii, and B. afzelii, are each most commonly associated with overlapping but distinct spectra of cl...

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Autores principales: Lin, Yi-Pin, Benoit, Vivian, Yang, Xiuli, Martínez-Herranz, Raúl, Pal, Utpal, Leong, John M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4117581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25079227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004238