TABLE 1.
Analysis of flaB-ospA DNA in heart base, ventricular muscle, and tibiotarsus from B. burgdorferi-infected mice treated with ceftriaxone and saline solution and then necropsied 12 months after completion of treatment
| Mouse strain | Borrelia strain | Treatment | No. of samples positive/no. tested |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart base | Ventricular muscle | Tibiotarsus | |||
| C3H | N40 | Ceftriaxone | 3/5 | 1/5 | 5/5 |
| C3H | B31 | Ceftriaxone | 2/5 | 0/5 | 5/5 |
| B6 | N40 | Ceftriaxone | 1/5 | 1/5 | 5/5 |
| B6 | B31 | Ceftriaxone | 1/5 | 0/5 | 5/5 |
| C3H | N40 | Saline | 4/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 |
| C3H | B31 | Saline | 5/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 |
| B6 | N40 | Saline | 4/5 | 5/5 | 2/5 |
| B6 | B31 | Saline | 1/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 |