Methods and compositions including a 13kDa B. burgdorferi protein

Abstract

All Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates characterized to date have one or a combination of several major outer surface proteins (Osp). Mutants of B. burgdorferi lacking Osp proteins were selected with polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies at a frequency of 10-6 to 10-5. One mutant that lacked …