The complement-killing of Borrelia burgdorferi. Target antigens and sensitizing antibodies

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-129

  Cacciapuoti, Beniamino ^a,b   Ciarrocchi, Simonetta ^a,b   Ciceroni, Lorenzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPLEMENT KILLING; IDENTIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROBIAL ADHERENCE IMMOBILIZATION ASSAY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SENSITIZING ANTIBODY;

EID: 0032125804     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80109-6     Document Type: Article

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