Protective immunity elicited by recombinant bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) expressing outer surface protein A (OspA) lipoprotein: a candidate Lyme disease vaccine.

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Published in J Exp Med on July 01, 1993

Authors

C K Stover1, G P Bansal, M S Hanson, J E Burlein, S R Palaszynski, J F Young, S Koenig, D B Young, A Sadziene, A G Barbour

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1: MedImmune, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878.

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