학술논문
The luxSGene Is Not Required for Borrelia burgdorferiTick Colonization, Transmission to a Mammalian Host, or Induction of Disease
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Article
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Infection and Immunity; August 2004, Vol. 72 Issue: 8 p4864-4867, 4p
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00199567; 10985522
Abstract
ABSTRACTluxSmutants of Borrelia burgdorferistrain 297 naturally colonized their arthropod (Ixodes scapularis) vector, were maintained in ticks throughout the molting process (larvae to nymphs), were tick transmitted to uninfected mice, and elicited histopathology in mice indistinguishable from that induced by wild-type B. burgdorferi.