Article
Changes in the protein profile and antigenicity of different Borrelia burgdorferi strains after reintroduction to Ixodes ricinus ticks.
Parasite immunology - 1 Jul 1992
Hu C M, Gern L, Aeschlimann A
Abstract excerpt
Eight Swiss strains of Borrelia burgdorferi, with various protein profiles and the North-American strain B31 were artificially introduced into Ixodes ricinus ticks and reisolated 10 days later. All isolates were subsequently examined by SDS-PAGE analysis. Comparing initial isolates with the reisolates, we observed that 7 out of 9 strains changed their protein pattern with respect to the major proteins OspA, OspB...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Blotting, Western
- Borrelia burgdorferi Group
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Phenotype
- Rabbits
- Ticks
