Passage through Ixodes scapularis ticks enhances the virulence of borrelia
By Linda on Nov 11, 2009 in Infections | comments(0)
Infect Immun. 2009 Oct 12; [Epub ahead of print]
Passage through Ixodes scapularis ticks enhances the virulence of a weakly
pathogenic isolate of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Adusumilli S, Booth CJ, Anguita J, Fikrig E.
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University
School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America; Section of
Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven,
Connecticut, United States of America; Department of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United
States of America. Continued
