TABLE 1.
Immunofluorescent reactivities of spirochetal isolates to monoclonal antibodies
| State, isolate | Tick speciesa | Immunofluorescent reactivity
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OspA
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OspB (H6831) | Borrelia genus (H9724) | B. hermsii (H9826) | |||
| H3TS | H5332 | |||||
| Missouri | ||||||
| MOD-1 | I. dentatus (2 N) | − | − | − | + | − |
| MOD-2 | I. dentatus (2 N) | − | − | − | + | − |
| MOD-3b | I. dentatus (4 L) | − | − | − | + | − |
| MOD-5 | I. dentatus (N) | − | + | + | + | − |
| MOD-6 | A. americanum (L) | − | − | − | + | − |
| Georgia, BC-1 | I. dentatus (N) | − | − | − | + | − |
a
N and L, nymphs and larvae, respectively.
b
In one of three replicates, approximately 15% of spirochetes reacted strongly to monoclonal antibodies H5332, H3TS, and H6831.