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Gamma interferon is not required for arthritis resistance in the murine Lyme disease model.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2001
Glickstein L, Edelstein M, Dong J Z
Abstract excerpt
Lyme arthritis is the most common complication following infection of human individuals with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. In mice, B. burgdorferi infection leads to arthritis of the tibiotarsal joints. Arthritis severity in mice is under host genetic control, as BALB/c mice developed mild arthritis but C3H/He mice developed severe disease following B. burgdorferi infection. To study the role of gamma...
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