Antigenic variation by relapsing fever borrelia species and other bacterial pathogens

Mobile DNA II

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 972-994

  Barbour, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Borrelia species; Gene transfer; Lyme disease; Relapsing fever; Spirochetes

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EID: 85157980266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555817954.ch41     Document Type: Chapter

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