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Volume 24, Number 11—November 2018
Research

Detection of Tickborne Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Austin, Texas, USA

Jack D. Bissett, Suzanne Ledet, Aparna Krishnavajhala, Brittany A. Armstrong, Anna Klioueva, Christopher Sexton, Adam Replogle, Martin E. Schriefer, and Job E. LopezComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Seton Medical Center, Austin Texas, USA (J.D. Bissett, S. Ledet); Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (A. Krishnavajhala, B.A. Armstrong, J.E. Lopez); Austin Public Health, Austin (A. Klioueva); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (C. Sexton, A. Replogle, M.E. Schriefer)

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Serologic responses to Borrelia turicatae protein lysates and rBipA in 34-year-old woman with tickborne relapsing fever, by detected by immunoblotting, Austin, Texas, USA. A) Serum sample from the case-patient; B) positive control serum sample from another case-patient; C) negative control sample. Lane 1, B. turicatae; lane 2, rBipA. Values on the left are in kilobases. Asterisks (*) indicate the size of native BipA. rBipA, recombinant Borrelia immunogenic protein A.

Figure 2. Serologic responses to Borrelia turicatae protein lysates and rBipA in 34-year-old woman with tickborne relapsing fever, detected by immunoblotting, Austin, Texas, USA. A) Serum sample from the case-patient; B) positive control serum sample from another case-patient; C) negative control sample. Lane 1, B. turicatae; lane 2, rBipA. Values on the left are in kilobases. Asterisks (*) indicate the size of native BipA. rBipA, recombinant Borrelia immunogenic protein A.

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