EXPRESSION OF OUTER SURFACE-PROTEIN-A AND SURFACE-PROTEIN-C OF BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI IN IXODES-RICINUS

被引：75

作者：

FINGERLE, V

HAUSER, U

LIEGL, G

PETKO, B

PREACMURSIC, V

WILSKE, B

机构：

[1] UNIV MUNICH, MAX VON PETTENKOFER INST HYG & MED MICROBIOL, SEROL ABT, D-80336 MUNICH, GERMANY

[2] SLOVAK ACAD SCI, INST PARASITOL, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 1995年 / 33卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1128/JCM.33.7.1867-1869.1995

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

A total of 472 field-collected Ixodes ricinus ticks from southern Germany were investigated by immunofluorescence for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi with a polyvalent rabbit immune serum and,vith monoclonal antibodies specific for outer surface proteins A and C (OspA and OspC, respectively). Borreliae were detected in 90 ticks with the polyvalent immunofluorescence assay. Infection rates in adults (females, 20.2%; males, 25.2%) were significantly higher than in nymphs (12.1%). OspA was detected in 77 ticks and OspC was detected in only 1 tick with the respective monoclonal antibodies. We therefore conclude that B. burgdorferi in unfed I. ricinus ticks usually expresses OspA and very rarely OspC.

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页码：1867 / 1869

页数：3

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