Table 4. B. burgdorferi culture and PCR results of Experiment III at two weeks of infection.
Culture | PCR of joints | ||||||
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Group | Strain/treatment | Ear | Bladder | Joint | flaB | ospA | Any method |
13 | Uninfected | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/4 |
14 | ΔdbpAB/dbpAB | 7/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 |
15 | ΔdbpAB | 0/8 | 0/8 | 3/8 | 3/8 | 3/8 | 4/8 |