1995
Oral vaccination with an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium strain expressing Borrelia burgdorferi OspA prevents murine Lyme borreliosis
Dunne M, al-Ramadi BK, Barthold SW, Flavell RA, Fikrig E. Oral vaccination with an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium strain expressing Borrelia burgdorferi OspA prevents murine Lyme borreliosis. Infection And Immunity 1995, 63: 1611-1614. PMID: 7890431, PMCID: PMC173199, DOI: 10.1128/iai.63.4.1611-1614.1995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-OspA antibodyMurine Lyme borreliosisDevelopment of antibodiesMajor outer surface proteinsSalmonella typhimurium strainsOral vaccinationIntradermal challengeMouse modelAttenuated strainOuter surface proteinsHigh titersLyme borreliosisLyme diseaseBorrelia burgdorferiTyphimurium strainsCausative agentDiseaseAntibodiesSurface proteinsSalmonella typhimuriumGavageVaccinationMiceTitersBorreliosis
1992
Borrelia burgdorferi strain 25015: characterization of outer surface protein A and vaccination against infection.
Fikrig E, Barthold SW, Persing DH, Sun X, Kantor FS, Flavell RA. Borrelia burgdorferi strain 25015: characterization of outer surface protein A and vaccination against infection. The Journal Of Immunology 1992, 148: 2256-60. PMID: 1545130, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.148.7.2256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurface protein AOuter surface protein ABorrelia burgdorferi strain N40Vaccination of miceB. burgdorferiImmunized miceVaccination experimentsIntradermal challengeVaccine candidatesCerebrospinal fluidMiceProtein AStrain N40VaccinationStrain 297OspA geneBurgdorferiOspACD16NeuroborreliosisPatientsInfection