Antibody response to OspC-I synthetic peptide derived from outer surface protein C of Borrelia burgdorferi in sera from Japanese forestry workers

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 429-433

  Ikushima, M ^a   Yamada, F ^a   Kawahashi, S ^a   Okuyama, Y ^b   Matsui, K ^c  

^a SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Saitama Junior College   (Japan)

^c MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0032789126     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899002320     Document Type: Article

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