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Antigenic and genetic structure of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Microbios - 1 Jan 1997
Gutiérrez Fernández J, Rodríguez Fernández M, Nuñez Murillo F, Maroto Vela M C
Abstract excerpt
Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by the spirochaetes Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii and it is transmitted by ticks. Most of the proteins (outer surface proteins, flagellar proteins and other uncertain location proteins) have a strong antigenic variability. Osp A protein genetic and serological studies facilitated the differentiation of seven serotypes strongly correlated with the...
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