TABLE 1.
Polyvalent antibody (immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M) titers in the 11 laboratory mice (n = 36) with any serologic reaction to recombinant B. burgdorferi antigens after experimental HGE agent or mock infection
| Mouse serum sample | Titer of antibody to antigena:
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| OspE | OspF | p41-G | |
| C3H/HeJ | |||
| HGE agent-infected | |||
| C1 | −b | 640 | − |
| C4 | − | − | 160 |
| C5 | 320 | − | − |
| C6 | − | − | 160 |
| C8 | − | − | 160 |
| C12 | 320 | 320 | − |
| Mock-infected | |||
| C20 | − | − | 320 |
| P. leucopus | |||
| HGE agent-infected | |||
| P11 | − | 160 | − |
| P15 | − | 160 | − |
| P16 | − | − | 2,560 |
| Mock-infected | |||
| P17 | − | 640 | 640 |
a
No serologic responses to either B. burgdorferi whole-cell antigen or OspC recombinant antigen were detected in any mouse.
b
Indicates that samples were interpreted as negative because they failed to react at the screening dilution of 1:160.