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Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum: a comparison of functional genomics, environmental adaptations, and pathogenic mechanisms
Stephen F. Porcella, Tom G. Schwan
Published in Volume 107, Issue 6
J Clin Invest. 2001; 107(6):651–656 doi:10.1172/JCI12484
This article Copyright © 2001, The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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T. pallidum associated with the surface of a human lymphocyte. The scanning electron microscopic image demonstrates the wave-form structure characteristic of spirochetes.

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