Borrelia burgdorferi genes selectively expressed in ticks and mammals

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 267-270

  De Silva, Aravinda M ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; LYME DISEASE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MAMMALIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0030804885     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01074-0     Document Type: Article

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