Human lyme arthritis and the immunoglobulin G antibody response to the 37-kilodalton arthritis-related protein of Borrelia burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2951-2957

  Salazar, Carlos A ^a   Rothemich, Monika ^a   Drouin, Elise E ^a   Glickstein, Lisa ^a   Steere, Allen C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTHRITIS RELATED PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FACIAL PARALYSIS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYME DISEASE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17644420749     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.5.2951-2957.2005     Document Type: Article

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