OspC facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi invasion of Ixodes scapularis salivary glands.

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Published in J Clin Invest on January 01, 2004

Authors

Utpal Pal1, Xiaofeng Yang, Manchuan Chen, Linda K Bockenstedt, John F Anderson, Richard A Flavell, Michael V Norgard, Erol Fikrig

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1: Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.

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