Characterisation of silent and active genes for a variable large protein of <it>Borrelia recurrentis</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We report the characterisation of the variable large protein (<it>vlp</it>) gene expressed by clinical isolate A1 of <it>Borrelia recurrentis</it>; the agent of the life-threatening disease louse-borne relapsi...

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Main Authors: Scragg Ian G, Cutler Sally, Vidal Vincent, Wright David JM, Kwiatkowski Dominic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2002-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/2/25