Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Rhesus Macaques following Antibiotic Treatment of Disseminated Infection
Table 1
Detection of B. burgdorferi DNA (PCR), antigen by immunofluorescence assay (IFA), anti-C6 serum antibody (C6), B. burgdorferi RNA (RT-PCR), and inflammatory lesions (by Hematoxylin and Eosin stain (H&E)) in all animals at postmortem, 6 to 12 months after the end of the antibiotic treatment (Experiment 1).