Acta Vet. Brno 2011, 80: 325-329

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201180040325

Borrelia afzelii and immune response of BALB/c mice

Alena Žákovská, Helena Rusňáková, Petra Nejedlá, Karel Vostal

Department od Animal Physiology and Immunology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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