Rapid Clearance of Lyme Disease Spirochetes Lacking OspC from Skin
Open Access
- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 75 (3), 1517-1519
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.01725-06
Abstract
We previously demonstrated that Borrelia burgdorferi requires OspC to colonize a mammalian host. To delineate this requirement, we analyzed the clearance of ospC mutant spirochetes and found that they were eliminated within 48 h. We conclude that B. burgdorferi uses OspC to resist innate host defenses immediately after transmission.Keywords
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