Specificity of infection-induced immunity among Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-42

  Barthold, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTISERUM; CEFTRIAXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032952194     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.36-42.1999     Document Type: Article

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