TABLE 5.
Infectivity of the B. burgdorferi parental, ΔdbpBA::Gentr, and genetically complemented strains following 12 h of infection in immunocompetent C3H mice
| Isolate | Inoculum (cells) | No. of cultures positive/total no.
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No. of mice positive/total no. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lymph nodes | Skina | Spleen | All sites | |||
| ML23/pBBE22 | 105 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 | 12/15 | 5/5 |
| 103 | 3/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 3/15 | 3/5 | |
| JF105/pBBE22 | 105 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 | 12/15 | 5/5 |
| 103 | 2/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 2/15 | 2/5 | |
| JF105/pJBF17 | 105 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2/5 | 10/15 | 5/5 |
| 103 | 2/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 2/12 | 2/4 | |
a
The skin tested was skin from the site of inoculation.