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SUBMITTER: Lopez JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2885675 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Microbiology (Reading, England) 20090514 Pt 8
Borrelia hermsii is a blood-borne pathogen transmitted by the argasid tick Ornithodoros hermsi. Since spirochaete clearance in mice is associated with an IgM-mediated response, an immunoproteomic analysis was used to identify proteins reactive with IgM. We report that IgM from both mice and human patients infected with B. hermsii not only reacted with the previously identified variable membrane proteins but also identified candidate antigens including heat-shock proteins, an adhesin protein, ABC ...[more]