Immunogenicity of Borrelia burgdorferi Arthritis-Related Protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7211-7214

  Feng, Sunlian ^a   Hodzic, Emir ^a   Freet, Kimberly ^a   Barthold, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; ARTHRITIS RELATED PROTEIN; ARTHRITIS RELATED PROTEIN ANTISERUM; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN ANTISERUM; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P[37-42]; PROTEIN P[37-42] ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SYRINGE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H;

EID: 0345283030     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.7211-7214.2003     Document Type: Article

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