Real-time high resolution 3D imaging of the lyme disease spirochete adhering to and escaping from the vasculature of a living host.

Real-time high resolution 3D imaging of the lyme disease spirochete adhering to and escaping from the vasculature of a living host.

Pathogenic spirochetes are bacteria that cause a number of emerging and re-emerging diseases worldwide, including syphilis, leptospirosis, relapsing fever, and Lyme borreliosis. They navigate efficiently through dense extracellular matrix and cross the blood-brain barrier by unknown mechanisms. Due...

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Main Authors: Tara J Moriarty, M Ursula Norman, Pina Colarusso, Troy Bankhead, Paul Kubes, George Chaconas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18566656/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18566656/?tool=EBI

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