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Negative interactions among coinfecting strains. (A) Spirochete load was either flat or decreasing with increasing strain multiplicity, supporting inhibitory interactions among coinfecting strains (20, 24). (B) The pattern of inhibitory interactions was similar when strain diversity was measured by Shannon diversity.
