Inhibition of Borrelia burgdorferi-tick interactions in vivo by outer surface protein A antibody

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7398-7403

  Pal, U ^a   Montgomery, R R ^a   Lusitani, D ^a   Voet, P ^a   Weynants, V ^a   Malawista, S E ^a   Lobet, Y ^a   Fikrig, E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCID MOUSE;

EID: 0035877223     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7398     Document Type: Article

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