Comparison of OspA serotypes for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from Japan, Europe and North America

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 539-545

  Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^b   Komikado, Tetsuro ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawabata, Hiroki ^c   Sato, Nanao ^d   Muramatsu, Koichi ^e   Sato, Nobutake ^f   Isogai, Emiko ^g   Isogai, Hiroshi ^h   Johnson, Russell C ⁱ   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e Nagano Research Institute for Health and Pollution   (Japan)

^f Aomori Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

^g HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^h SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Genospecies; Lyme disease; OspA

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 9444286387     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01106.x     Document Type: Article

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