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Table 1 Culture of B. burgdorferi from tissue specimens of infected mice

From: Borrelia burgdorferi induces a type I interferon response during early stages of disseminated infection in mice

 

Number of samples with positive cultures/number tested (%)

 

Day 14

Day 28

 

Ear

Ear

Skin a

Bladder

Jointb

B515c

15/15 (100)

12/12 (100)d

13/14 (92.9)

14/14 (100)

5/5 (100)

B331

0/15 (0.0)

0/15 (0)

0/15 (0.0)

0/15 (0)

0/5 (0)

  1. aSkin biopsy was collected from the inoculation site
  2. bJoints were cultivated from one mouse per subgroup
  3. cOne mouse in the B515-infected group died between Day 14 and Day 28
  4. dTwo samples were contaminated
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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