T-cell epitope mapping of the borrelia garinii outer surface protein a in lyme neuroborreliosis

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Widhe, M ^b   Ekerfelt, C ^b   Jarefors, S ^b   Skogman, B H ^b   Peterson, E M ^b   Bergstrom S ^c   Forsberg, P ^b   Ernerudh, J ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BORRELIA GARINII; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651246784     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2009.02285.x     Document Type: Article

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