Borrelia burgdorferi changes its surface antigenic expression in response to host immune responses.

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Published in Infect Immun on October 01, 2004

Authors

Fang Ting Liang1, Jun Yan, M Lamine Mbow, Steven L Sviat, Robert D Gilmore, Mark Mamula, Erol Fikrig

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8031, USA.

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