Clocking the Lyme Spirochete

In order to clear the body of infecting spirochetes, phagocytic cells must be able to get hold of them. In real-time phase-contrast videomicroscopy we were able to measure the speed of Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the Lyme spirochete, moving back and forth across a platelet to which it was tethered. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Malawista, Stephen E., de Boisfleury Chevance, Anne
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2008
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2237901/