An immune evasion mechanism for spirochetal persistence in Lyme borreliosis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-422

  Liang, Fang Ting ^a   Jacobs, Mary B ^a   Bowers, Lisa C ^a   Philipp, Mario T ^a,b  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Chronic infection; Immune evasion; Immune selection; OspC

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOWN-REGULATION; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, SCID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037128163     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20011870     Document Type: Article

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