The Outer Surface Protein A (OspA) of Borrelia burgdorferi: A Vaccine Candidate and Bioactive Mediator

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 190-194

  Kramer, M D ^a   Wallich, R ^b   Simon, M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PLASMINOGEN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMISTRY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, SCID; PLASMINOGEN; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0030100057     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01713338     Document Type: Article

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