Table 1.

Variations in the Borrelia immunodominant antigen expression during human infection (from Aguero-Rosenfeld et al., 1993, 1996; Dressler et al., 1993; Engstrom et al., 1995; Fikrig et al., 1997; Hauser et al., 1997; Akin et al., 1999; Panelius et al., 2003).

Early antigens	Early/Late antigens	Late antigens
OspC (p21-p25, Major outer surface lipoprotein C) BbK32 (Fibronectin-binding protein) Flagellin (p41)	VlsE (vmp-like sequence E) Dbpa (p17-p18, Decorin-binding protein A) OppA-2 (p58, Oligopeptide-binding protein) BmpA (p39) p14 p28 p43 p45	OspA (p31) p30 p66 p83/100 p93