Complement Activation and Sensitizing Antibodies in Lyme Borreliosis. A Microbial Adherence Immobilization Assay for Borrelia burgdorferi (MAIA-BB)

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 102-111

  Cacciapuoti, Beniamino ^a   Ciceroni, Lorenzo ^a   Fontana, Luigi ^b   Perricone, Roberto ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; RABBITS;

EID: 0027551345     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(11)80283-5     Document Type: Article

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