Induction of an outer surface protein on Borrelia burgdorferi during tick feeding.

Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, are maintained in zoonotic cycles involving ticks and small mammals. In unfed ticks, the spirochetes produce one outer surface protein, OspA, but not OspC. During infection in mammals, immunological data suggest that the spirochetes have cha...

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Main Authors: Schwan, T G, Piesman, J, Golde, W T, Dolan, M C, Rosa, P A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1995
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC42328/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7708747
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