TABLE 1.
Scores for reactivity of a serum sample to the four Borrelia species for 19 proteinsa
Protein band | Scoreb
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B.b.ss | B.a. | B.g. | B.v. | |
93 kDa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
73 kDa | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
66 kDa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
60 kDa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
58 kDa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
54–56 kDa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
45 kDa | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
41 kDa | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
p39 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
36 kDa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
OspA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
30 kDa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
OspD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OspC | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
20 kDa | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
18 kDa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
16 kDa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
14 kDa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
12 kDa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Score method Ic | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Score method IId | 20 | 31 | 16 | 14 |
See Fig. 1. Boldface proteins and scores indicate the five discriminative proteins used in method I and the scores obtained with those proteins.
B.b.ss., B. burgdorferi sensu stricto; B.a., B. afzelii; B.g., B. garinii; B.v., B. valaisiana.
Score with the five discriminative proteins (the score was discriminative if the score for reactivity to one species was two points greater than the scores for reactivity to the other species).
Total score with 19 proteins (the score was discriminative if the score for reactivity to one species was three points greater than the scores for reactivity to the other species).