Borrelia burgdorferi B31 Erp proteins that are dominant immunoblot antigens of animals infected with isolate B31 are recognized by only a subset of human lyme disease patient sera

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1569-1574

  Miller, Jennifer C ^a   El Hage, Nazira ^a   Babb, Kelly ^a   Stevenson, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0033996151     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1569-1574.2000     Document Type: Article

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