Reactivity with a specific epitope of outer surface protein A predicts protection from infection with the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 882-889

  Golde, William T ^a   Piesman, Joseph ^a   Dolan, Marc C ^a   Kramer, Michael ^b   Hauser, Pierre ^c   Lobet, Yves ^c   Capiau, Carine ^c   Desmons, Pierre ^c   Voet, Pierre ^c   Dearwester, Don ^d   Frantz, Joseph C ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031029091     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.3.882-889.1997     Document Type: Article

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