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. 1997 Feb 1;99(3):377–379. doi: 10.1172/JCI119169

Arthropod- and host-specific gene expression by Borrelia burgdorferi.

A M de Silva 1, E Fikrig 1
PMCID: PMC507808  PMID: 9022068

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