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. 1989 May;57(5):1626-8.
doi: 10.1128/iai.57.5.1626-1628.1989.

Penetration of endothelial cell monolayers by Borrelia burgdorferi

L E Comstock  1 , D D Thomas
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Penetration of endothelial cell monolayers by Borrelia burgdorferi

L E Comstock et al. Infect Immun. 1989 May.

Abstract

The ability of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, to penetrate cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cell monolayers was investigated. After 4 h of coincubation, approximately 7.7% of added bacteria passed through the host cell monolayers. Electron microscopy revealed that the borreliae entered the endothelial cells and suggested that the organisms penetrated the host monolayers primarily by passing through them.

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