A monoclonal antibody generated by antigen inoculation via tick bite is reactive to the Borrelia burgdorferi rev protein, a member of the 2.9 gene family locus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 980-986

  Gilmore Jr , Robert D ^a,c   Mbow, M Lamine ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; REV PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BITE;

EID: 15644382120     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.980-986.1998     Document Type: Article

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