Binding of complement regulatory protein factor H enhances serum resistance of Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov.

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 292-294

  Siegel, Corinna ^a   Herzberger, Pia ^a   Skerka, Christine ^b   Brade, Volker ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^c   Schulte Spechtel, Ulrike ^c   Wilske, Bettina ^c   Zipfel, Peter F ^b,d   Wallich, Reinhard ^e   Kraiczy, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia spielmanii; Complement susceptibility; factor H; Immune evasion; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING AFFINITY; BORRELIA; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 48349132805     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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