Serum antibodies against Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and the 41-kiloDalton flagellin in patients from a Lyme borreliosis endemic area: Analysis by EIA and immunoblot

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 907-914

  Nilsson, Ingrid ^a   Inger Andersson Von, Rosen ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto; enzyme immunoassay; immunoblot; p41 flagellin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FLAGELLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

EID: 8044243609     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb04957.x     Document Type: Article

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