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VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE
Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 671-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2019.02.007
Keywords
Lyme disease; Canines; OspC; Ixodes ticks; Lyme vaccines; Borrelia; Lyme diagnostics; OspA
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI141801, R56 AI127801, R01 AI067746] Funding Source: Medline
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The Lyme disease spirochetes are a highly diverse group of bacteria with unique biological properties. Their ability to cycle between ticks and mammals requires that they adapt to variable and constantly changing environmental conditions. Outer surface protein C is an essential virulence determinant that has received considerable attention in vaccine and diagnostic assay development. Knowledge of OspC diversity, its antigenic determinants, and its production patterns throughout the enzootic cycle, as well as in the laboratory setting, is essential for understanding immune responses induced by infection or vaccination.
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