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Table 2 Colonization of C3H mice tissues by B31 or N40D10/E9 strains examined two weeks after inoculation

From: Comparative molecular analyses of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains B31 and N40D10/E9 and determination of their pathogenicity

Strain

Inoculum

Recovery ofB. burgdorferifrom mouse tissues

ID50

  

Blood

Injection site

Ear

Left joint

Heart

Bladder

Total

 

B31

10

0/3

0/3

0/3

0/3

0/3

0/3

0/18

 
 

102

0/3

0/3

0/3

2/3

0/3

0/3

2/18

371

 

103

2/2

1/2

2/2

2/2

1/2

2/2

10/12

 
 

104

2/2

2/2

2/2

2/2

1/2

2/2

11/12

 

N40

10

1/3

2/3

2/3

0/3*

1/3

2/3

8/18

 
 

102

3/3

2/3

2/3

0/3*

2/3

2/3

11/18

46

 

103

2/2

2/2

2/2

0/2*

1/2

2/2

9/12

 
 

104

2/2

2/2

2/2

1/2

1/2

2/2

10/12

 
  1. Asterisks indicate that the cultures were contaminated.