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Infectivity of B. burgdorferi clones in C3H mice
| Clone | No. of mice positivea at wk postinfection: |
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| 1 (blood) | 2 (ear) | 3 (ear) | 4 (ear) | 5 (ear) | 6 (ear) | 7 (ear) | 8 |
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| Heart | Ear | Joint | Bladder | ||||||||
| WT | 5/5b | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| ΔArp | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| cArp | 5/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
Number of positive cultures/number of mice tested. Five mice were used for each B. burgdorferi clone.
