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Experimental infection of cattle with several Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains; immunological heterogeneity of strains as revealed in serological tests.
Veterinary microbiology - 15 Feb 1998
Tuomi J, Rantamäki L K, Tanskanen R
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-three experimental cattle, mainly calves, were each inoculated 1-3 times with one of ten Finnish Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains. All three genospecies were represented. Borreliae were administered mainly by both intravenous (about 10(6) to 10(9) spirochaetes) and intradermal (10(4)) routes, and on six occasions subcutaneously (10(3)) only. For infectivity control and comparison purposes mice and...
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