Bacterial Heterogeneity is a Requirement for Host 4 Superinfection by the Lyme Disease
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8 Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology 9 Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health 10 Washington State University 11 Pullman, Washington, 99164 12 13 14 15 *To whom correspondence should be addressed: 16 [email protected] 17 Phone: (509) 335-7106 18 FAX: (509) 335-8529 19 20 21 Running title: Murine Host Superinfection by B. burgdorferi 22 IAI Accepts, published online ahead of print on 11 August 2014 Infect. Immun. doi:10.1128/IAI.01817-14 Copyright © 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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