Vaccination against lyme disease: Past, present, and future

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Embers, Monica E ^a   Narasimhan, Sukanya ^b  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Reservoir; Tick; Vaccine; Vector

Indexed keywords

BACTERIN; BBK32; DECORIN BINDING PROTEIN A; LYME DISEASE VACCINE; NOVIBAC; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN B; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; RECOMBITEK; SALIVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEST RESISTANCE; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; RESERVOIR; TICK; VECTOR;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; RESERVOIR; TICK; VACCINE; VECTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84894278784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00006     Document Type: Review

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