Article
Diversity of OspA and OspC among cerebrospinal fluid isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from patients with neuroborreliosis in Germany.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 Feb 1996
Wilske B, Busch U, Eiffert H, Fingerle V, Pfister H W, Rössler D, Preac-Mursic V
Abstract excerpt
Neuroborreliosis is the most frequent manifestation of the second stage of Lyme borreliosis in Europe. However, only few isolates from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been characterized with controversial results. A large panel of 36 CSF isolates isolated over a 10-year period in Munich has no...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Antigens, Surface
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Borrelia
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cluster Analysis
- Genetic Variation
- Germany
- Humans
- Lipoproteins
- Lyme Disease
- Middle Aged