Immunization with a polyvalent OspA vaccine protects mice against Ixodes ricinus tick bites infected by Borrelia burgdorferi ss, Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1551-1557

  Gern, Lise ^a   Hu, Chang Min ^a   Voet, Pierre ^b   Hauser, Pierre ^b   Lobet, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sl; Lyme disease; Outer surface protein A; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TICK BITE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 0030756761     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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