Immune evasion of Borrelia burgdorferi:
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Peter Kraiczy; Jens Hellwage; Christine Skerka; Michael Kirschfink; Volker Brade
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The causative agents of Lyme disease, __Borrelia burgdorferi__ s.s., __B. garinii__, and __B. afzelii__, differ in their susceptibility to complement‐mediated lysis. This phenomenon apparently depends on the expression of proteins termed complement regulator‐acquiring surface proteins (