MyD88 Deficiency Markedly Worsens Tissue Inflammation and Bacterial Clearance in Mice Infected with Treponema pallidum, the Agent of Syphilis

• Adam C. Silver,

  Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Dana W. Dunne,

  Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Caroline J. Zeiss,

  Affiliation Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Linda K. Bockenstedt,

  Affiliation Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Justin D. Radolf,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Juan C. Salazar,

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Erol Fikrig

  * E-mail: erol.fikrig@yale.edu

  Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

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