TABLE 3.
Monoclonal antibody characterization of B. burgdorferi sensu lato strains used for immunoblotting
| Laboratory | Strain | Genospecies | Reactivity of the following monoclonal antibody (identified antigen):
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| L100 22G3 (p83/100) | L41 1C11 (p41) | L39 B1 (p39) | L32 1F11 (OspA) | L30 1B10 (p30) | L22 1F8 (OspC) | L22 2B8 (OspC) | Anti-rOspCa (OspC) | L19 A11 (p19) | |||
| A | ACA1 | B. afzelii | ++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
| B | ESP1 | B. burgdorferi sensu stricto | ++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | − | +++ | +++ | +++ |
| C | B31 | B. burgdorferi sensu stricto | − | + | + | +++ | + | − | + | + | +++ |
| C | A395 | B. afzelii | + | + | ++ | +++ | + | + | − | ++ | +++ |
| D | PKo | B. afzelii | +++ | ++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
| D | PBi | B. garinii | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
| E | VS461 | B. afzelii | ++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | Trace | Trace | Trace | ++ | ++ |
| F | Ne83 | B. garinii | +++ | +++ | + | ++ | + | − | ++ | +++ | ++ |
a
Rabbit immune serum against recombinant OspC derived from B. afzelii strain PKo (31).