Analysis of the human antibody response to outer surface protein C (OspC) of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii, and B. afzelii

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Mathiesen, Marianne Jartved ^a   Hansen, Klaus ^a   Axelsen, Nils ^a   Halkier Sørensen, Lars ^b   Theisen, Michael ^a  

^a Statens Seruminstitut ^*  (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Flagellum; OspC; Strain specific immunoreactivity; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030444545     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050021     Document Type: Article

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