Blocking pathogen transmission at the source: Reservoir targeted OspA-based vaccines against borrelia burgdorferi

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Gomes Solecki, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Enzootic cycle; Lyme disease; Oral vaccination; Transmission cycles; Wildlife reservoir

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; OSPA VACCINE; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; RABIES VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIA VACCINE; LIPOPROTEIN; LYME DISEASE VACCINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LYME DISEASE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; TAMIAS; TICK; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITE VECTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; LYME DISEASE VACCINES; TICK CONTROL; TICKS;

EID: 84907920033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00136     Document Type: Article

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