Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi ospa in Ixodes scapularis larvae by an antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

New Microbiologica

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-359

  Mannelli, A ^b   Fish, D ^c   Daniels, T J ^d   Kharitonenkov, I ^e   Tun, H ^a   Cozzolino, A C ^a   Bucher, D J ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; ELISA; Ixodes scapularis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITE VECTOR; PEROMYSCUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IXODES; LARVA; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; PEROMYSCUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031254299     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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