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The recombinant outer surface protein A (lipOspA) ofBorrelia burgdorferi: A lyme disease vaccine

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  1. Institut für Immunologie der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 305, D-69120, Heidelberg

    R. Wallich Ph. D. & M. D. Kramer M. D.

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Stübeweg 51, D-79108, Freiburg, Germany

    M. M. Simon Ph. D.

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Wallich, R., Kramer, M.D. & Simon, M.M. The recombinant outer surface protein A (lipOspA) ofBorrelia burgdorferi: A lyme disease vaccine. Infection 24, 396–397 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01716093

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