Assertion: lyme disease's system | /r/CapableOf | halt its search
Facets:
value: for the bacteria
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Doxycycline treatment of Borrelia-infected mice causes Borrelia to upregulate genes that facilitate bacterial dormancy and downregulate genes that code for cell-surface proteins; these changes cause the immune system to halt its “search” for the bacteria, allowing Borrelia to establish persistent infection.