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Effect of Borrelia burgdorferi OspC at the site of inoculation in mouse skin.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 2010
Antonara Styliani, Ristow Laura, McCarthy James, Coburn Jenifer
Abstract excerpt
The Borrelia burgdorferi surface lipoprotein OspC is a critical virulence factor, but its precise role in the establishment of B. burgdorferi infection remains unclear. To determine whether OspC affects the host response at the site of inoculation of the bacterium, the recruitment of macrophages and neutrophils and the production of cytokines were examined at the site of infection by wild-type, ospC mutant, and...
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