Table 2.
Colonization of C3H mice tissues by B31 or N40D10/E9 strains examined two weeks after inoculation
|
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 | ||
Asterisks indicate that the cultures were contaminated.