Persisting atypical and cystic forms of <it>Borrelia burgdorferi </it>and local inflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The long latent stage seen in syphilis, followed by chronic central nervous system infection and inflammation, can be explained by the persistence of atypical cystic and granular forms of <it>Treponema pallidum</it>. We i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Neuroinflammation |
| Online Access: | http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/5/1/40 |