OspA antibodies inhibit the acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi by Ixodes ticks

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3146-3150

  De Silva, Aravinda M ^a   Fishs, Durland ^a   Burkot, Thomas R ^b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IXODES; LARVA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030759228     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3146-3150.1997     Document Type: Article

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