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. 2003 Dec;71(12):6943–6952. doi: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.6943-6952.2003

FIG. 2.

FIG. 2.

Temporal analysis of B. burgdorferi B31 Erp and OspC expression in tick bite site skin. Naive BALB/c mice were infested with B31-MI-16-infected nymphal ticks. Ticks were removed at various time intervals during feeding, and the skin attached to the tick hypostome was carefully dissected away. The tick bite site skin pieces were then examined by double-labeling immunofluorescence for B. burgdorferi expressing Erp (A to C) or OspC (D) proteins. Bars, mean percentages of Erp- or OspC-positive bacteria counted in 25 random fields; error bars, 1 standard deviation of the means. (A) ErpA/I/N; (B) ErpL; (C) ErpQ; (D) OspC.