TABLE 2.
Isolation of B. burgdorferi from selected tissues of control and neutropenic micea
| Strain | Treatment | Culture results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | Heart | Spleen | Bladder | Ear | ||
| C3H | Control IgG | 3/8 | 5/8 | 0/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 |
| C3H | RB6 | 0/7 | 5/7 | 0/7 | 7/7 | 7/7 |
| DBA | Control IgG | 1/8 | 5/8 | 1/8 | 5/8 | 7/8 |
| DBA | RB6 | 2/8 | 6/8 | 0/8 | 5/8 | 8/8 |
a
Mice were infected with 2.5 × 105 B. burgdorferi spirochetes and sacrificed at 21 days postinfection. The data are number of cultures positive for B. burgdorferi/number of cultures examined. The data are the results of one of two experiments.