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Immunization with a Borrelia burgdorferi BB0172-Derived Peptide Protects Mice against Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is the most prevalent arthropod borne disease in the US and it is caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), which is acquired through the bite of an infected Ixodes tick. Vaccine development efforts focused on the von Willebrand factor A domain of the borrelial prote...

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Autores principales: Small, Christina M., Ajithdoss, Dharani K., Rodrigues Hoffmann, Aline, Mwangi, Waithaka, Esteve-Gassent, Maria D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24505447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088245