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Temporal Changes in Outer Surface Proteins A and C of the Lyme Disease-Associated Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, during the Chain of Infection in Ticks and Mice

The Lyme disease-associated spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is maintained in enzootic cycles involving Ixodes ticks and small mammals. Previous studies demonstrated that B. burgdorferi expresses outer surface protein A (OspA) but not OspC when residing in the midgut of unfed ticks. However, after...

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Main Authors: Schwan, Tom G., Piesman, Joseph
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2000
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88728/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10618120
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