OspA antibodies inhibit the acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi by Ixodes ticks
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OspA antibodies inhibit the acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi by Ixodes ticks.
Ixodes ticks are infected by Borrelia burgdorferi when larvae feed on spirochete-infected mice. We studied the acquisition of B. burgdorferi by larval ticks, characterized the production of outer surface protein A (OspA) by spirochetes entering larvae, and examined the effects of OspA antibodies on the establishment of B. burgdorferi infections in ticks. Most larvae were infected by spirochetes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3146-3150.1997