Borreliacidal antibody production against outer surface protein C of Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 733-741

  Rousselle, Jill C ^b   Callister, Steven M ^a   Schell, Ronald F ^c   Lovrich, Steven D ^c   Jobe, Dean A ^c   Marks, Jennifer A ^c   Wieneke, Chad A ^c  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031654574     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515382     Document Type: Article

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