Influence of Outer Surface Protein A Antibody on Borrelia burgdorferi within Feeding Ticks

Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochetal agent of Lyme disease, is transmitted by Ixodes ticks. When an infected nymphal tick feeds on a host, the bacteria increase in number within the tick, after which they invade the tick’s salivary glands and infect the host. Antibodies directed against outer surfa...

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Published in:	Infect Immun
Main Authors:	de Silva, Aravinda M., Zeidner, Nordin S., Zhang, Yan, Dolan, Marc C., Piesman, Joseph, Fikrig, Erol
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1999
Subjects:	Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC96273/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9864192/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/iai.67.1.30-35.1999
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