ANTIG-EFFECTING PROTEINS BY BORRELIA BURGDORFERI

摘要

The present invention relates to antigenic proteins specific to Borrelia burgdorferi which have a molecular weight of 28 kDa or 39 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE and are reactive with Lyme borreliosis serum or fragments thereof and to the corresponding DNA. The proteins, especially the 39 kDa proteins ( alpha and beta ) can be used to diagnose mammals previously or currently infected with the Lyme borreliosis causing agent.