1999
Population Dynamics of a Naturally Occurring Heterogeneous Mixture of Borrelia burgdorferiClones
Hofmeister E, Glass G, Childs J, Persing D. Population Dynamics of a Naturally Occurring Heterogeneous Mixture of Borrelia burgdorferiClones. Infection And Immunity 1999, 67: 5709-5716. PMID: 10531219, PMCID: PMC96945, DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5709-5716.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC3H/HeJ miceC.B-17 miceLarval Ixodes scapularis ticksMajority of miceB. burgdorferiInfected nymphal ticksIxodes scapularis ticksBurgdorferi antibodiesSecondary challengeHeJ micePrimary isolatesSequential isolatesC3H miceSequential infectionMiceMonoclonal antibodiesBorrelia burgdorferiC expressionScapularis ticksClonal dominanceUnique isolatesMacrorestriction analysisOspC proteinsClonal groupsEnzootic site
1995
Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sequentially Isolated from Peromyscus leucopus Captured at a Lyme Disease Enzootic Site
Hofmeister E, Childs J. Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sequentially Isolated from Peromyscus leucopus Captured at a Lyme Disease Enzootic Site. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1995, 172: 462-469. PMID: 7622890, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.2.462.Peer-Reviewed Original Research