Cultivation at 37°C enhances Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto infectivity for hamsters

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-39

  Obonyo, Marygorret ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^b   Sam, Thien N ^b   Kurtti, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Outer surface protein C

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; FLAGELLIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OSPB PROTEIN, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; OSPC PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLADDER; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EAR; EVALUATION; HAMSTER; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SPIROCHETE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETINAE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE;

EID: 0036582049     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-002-0116-3     Document Type: Article

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