These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Enzyme immunoassay-based analysis of OspC recombinant proteins from Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii isolated in West Siberia].
    Author: Karavaev VS, Riabchenko AV, Beklemishev AB.
    Journal: Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol; 2010; (1):20-3. PubMed ID: 20218339.
    Abstract:
    AIM: To study the ability of OspC recombinant proteins from Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii isolated in West Siberia to interact with serum antibodies from patients with tick-borne borreliosis (TBB). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Recombinant antigens OspC B. garinii and OspC B. afrelii, serum samples from patients with TBB were used as well as solid-phase enzyme immunoassay and parametric and non-parametric statistical methods. RESULTS: Higher antigenic activity of B. garinii OspC compared with OspC from B. afzelii was observed when these recombinant proteins were compared in enzyme immunoassay. Detection rate of class M and G immunoglobulins to B. garinii OspC in sera of patients with TBB was 60.5% and 70% respectively. CONCLUSION: Obtained results indicate high immunoreactivity of OspC recombinant proteins from B. garinii and B. afzelii and point to perspective of their combined use for serological diagnostics of TBB.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]