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

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Table 5 Culture of B. burgdorferi from tissues of mice infected with strains B515, B331 or B31-4

Number of samples with positive cultures/number tested (%)
	Day 1	Day 14	Day 28
	Skin^a	Ear	Ear	Skin^a	Bladder	Joint
B31-4	0/4 (0)	0/9 (0)	0/9 (0)	0/9 (0)	0/9 (0)	0/9 (0)
B331	3/4 (75.0)	0/9 (0)	0/9 (0)	0/9 (0)	0/9 (0)	0/9 (0)
B515^b	4/4 (100.0)	5/6 (83.3)	5/6 (83.3)	3/6 (50.0)	5/6 (83.3)	5/6 (83.3)

^aSkin biopsy was collected from the inoculation site
^bThree mice in the B515-infected group died of causes unrelated to the infection

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