Table 3 Spirochetal load in microdissected areas of the spinal cord of immunosuppressed nonhuman primates (NHPs)a inoculated with B. burgdorferi strain N40 by needle
From: Spinal cord involvement in the nonhuman primate model of Lyme disease
ID no. | Tissue | Mean borrelias ( × 10 2 ) per 100 mg tissue RNA b | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Meninges & nerve roots | Dorsal root ganglia | Cord parenchyma | ||
794 | Cervical cord | 370 | NA | 2 |
Thoracic cord | 115 | NA | 0 | |
372 | Cervical cord | 2655 | 3827 | 38 |
Thoracic cord | 4771 | NA | 29 | |
652 | Cervical cord | 12 | 54 | 0 |
Thoracic cord | 0 | NA | 0 | |
