A novel animal model of Borrelia recurrentis louse-borne relapsing fever borreliosis using immunodeficient mice.

• Main Authors: Christer Larsson (Author), Jenny Lundqvist (Author), Nico van Rooijen (Author), Sven Bergström (Author)
• 格式: 圖書
• 出版: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) borreliosis is caused by Borrelia recurrentis, and it is a deadly although treatable disease that is endemic in the Horn of Africa but has epidemic potential. Research on LBRF has been severely hampered because successful infection with B. recurrentis has been achi...