Lymphoadenopathy during lyme borreliosis is caused by spirochete migration-induced specific B cell activation.
Lymphadenopathy is a hallmark of acute infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, a tick-borne spirochete and causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, but the underlying causes and the functional consequences of this lymph node enlargement have not been revealed. The present study demonstrates that extracellu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3102705?pdf=render |