Table 2.
Strain | # spirochete positive cultures from each tissue or organ biopsy | |||
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bladder | heart | skin | # of culture positive/# tested | |
B31-wt | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
B31-Δrrp1 | 3/5 (mice 1 and 3 were negative | 0/5 | 3/5 (mice 2 and 5 were negative) | 5/5 |
B31-KI | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
B31-OV | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |