Immunological and Molecular Variability of OspA and OspC. Implications for Borrelia Vaccine Development

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-212

  Wilske, B ^a   Busch, U ^a   Fingerle, V ^a   Jauris Heipke, S ^a   Preac Mursic, V ^a   Rossler D ^a   Will, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OSPC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BORRELIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; SKIN; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; SKIN; TICKS;

EID: 0030102694     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01713341     Document Type: Article

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