Expression of outer surface proteins A and C of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus ticks removed from humans

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-126

  Fingerle, Volker ^a   Liegl, Gabi ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike ^b   Wilske, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Outer surface protein expression; Ticks (Ixodes ricinus)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY WEIGHT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BODY WEIGHT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NYMPH; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 0031732221     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050083     Document Type: Article

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