Characterization of the borreliacidal antibody response to borrelia burgdorferi in humans: A serodiagnostic test

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 158-164

  Callister, Steven M ^a,b   Schell, Ronald F ^a,b   Case, Kay L ^a,b   Lovrich, Steven D ^a,b   Day, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; HAMSTERS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; LYME DISEASE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027463524     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/167.1.158     Document Type: Article

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