Figure 1.   Western blots of B. burgdorferi B31 strain: The blots were: (1) stained with amino black, (2) reacted with rabbit antisera, (3) with goat antisera, (4-7) with various monoclonal antibodies, and (8) with pooled patient sera. Reproduced by permission from Ma B, Christen B, Leung D, Vigo-Pelfrey C. Serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis by Western immunoblot: reactivity of various significant antibodies against B. burgdorferi. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30: 370-76.

Nick S Harris, An Understanding of Laboratory Testing for Lyme Disease, Journal of Spirochetal and Tick-borne Diseases, Volume 5, Spring/Summer 1998

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