Borrelia burgdorferi Requires the Alternative Sigma Factor RpoS for Dissemination within the Vector during Tick-to-Mammal Transmission

• Star M. Dunham-Ems,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Melissa J. Caimano,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Christian H. Eggers,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Justin D. Radolf

  * E-mail: jradolf@up.uchc.edu

  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

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