Sequence Analysis and Serological Responses against Borrelia turicatae BipA, a Putative Species-Specific Antigen

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Lopez, Job E ^a   Wilder, Hannah K ^a   Boyle, William ^a   Drumheller, L Brock ^a   Thornton, Justin A ^a   Willeford, Bridget ^b   Morgan, Timothy W ^b   Varela Stokes, Andrea ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BORRELIA IMMUNOGENIC PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA TURICATAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; IMMUNOASSAY; LATIN AMERICA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RELAPSING FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884676547     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002454     Document Type: Article

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