Anti-OspA antibody reduces reservoir competence of mice for Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 198-200

  Brunet, Laura Rosa ^b   Katavolos, Paula ^b   Spielman, Andrew ^b   Telford III, Sam R ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Dammini; Ixodes; Outer surface protein A (OspA); Reservoir immunity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES;

EID: 0031126826     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00314.x     Document Type: Article

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