Table 5 Spirochetal loada by Taqman RT-PCR in the heart and aorta of IS NHPs inoculated with B. burgdorferi sensu stricto strain N40

From: Cardiac involvement in non-human primates infected with the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

NHP ID

Aorta

Atrium

Ventricle

Apex

652

16 100

2750

83

2960

30794

11 042

426 095

468 452

836 041

372

805 619

196 232

164 402

413 009

  1. aNumber of spirochetes per 100 mg tissue.