TABLE 5.
IgG reactivity of at least one of the homologous Borrelia proteins
| Groupa | No. of sera | No. (%) of sera reactive with: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DbpA | p41i | OspC | VlsE | BmpA | p58 | p100 | ||
| EM | 15 | 5 (33.3) | 1 (6.7) | 3 (20.0) | 12 (80.0) | 1 (6.7) | 1 (6.7) | 4 (26.7) |
| NB | 50 | 39 (78.0) | 17 (34.0) | 9 (18.0) | 46 (92.0) | 19 (38.0) | 27 (54.0) | 26 (52.0) |
| ACA | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 9 (90.0) | 4 (40.0) | 10 (100.0) | 1 (10.0) | 10 (100.0) | 8 (80.0) |
| AT | 10 | 10 (100.0) | 8 (80.0) | 6 (60.0) | 10 (100.0) | 6 (60.0) | 9 (90.0) | 9 (90.0) |
| Controls | 110 | 4 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.8) |
a
For abbreviations, see Table 2, footnote a.