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- Jonsson, Maria, et al.
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Subcutaneous implanted chambers in different mouse strains as an animal model to study genetic stability during infection with Lyme disease Borrelia
- 1995
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Ingår i: Microbial Pathogenesis. - : Academic Press. - 0882-4010 .- 1096-1208. ; 18:2, s. 109-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tissue metal net cages were implanted subcutaneously in BALB/cJ and C3H/Tif mice as an experimental model of Borrelia burgdorferi infection. B. burgdorferi sensu stricto strain Sh2-82 could be isolated up to 14 weeks after the inoculation. However, a significant difference in infectivity between the two mice strains was observed. C3H/Tif mice were more susceptible to developing chronic B. burgdorferi s.s. infections than BALB/cJ mice. Although a B. burgdorferi infection was established, no rearrangements in the ospA and ospB genes were observed in any of the infected mice.
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