Antibody Levels to Recombinant Tick Calreticulin Increase in Humans after Exposure to Ixodes scapularis (Say) and Are Correlated with Tick Engorgement Indices - Sanders, Martin L.; Glass, Gregory E.; Nadelman, Robert B.; Wormser, Gary P.; Scott, Alan L.; Raha, Syamal; Ritchie, Bruce C.; Jaworski, Deborah C.; Schwartz, Brian S. (American journal of epidemiology, 1999)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Animals; Antibodies - immunology; antibody; Bacterial diseases; biologic marker; Biological and medical sciences; Bites and Stings - diagnosis; Bites and Stings - immunology; Borrelia infections; Calcium-Binding Proteins - immunology; Calreticulin; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Erythema Chronicum Migrans - diagnosis; Erythema Chronicum Migrans - immunology; Feeding Behavior; Female; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Immunoblotting; Infectious diseases; Ixodes; Ixodes - immunology; Ixodes scapularis; Ixodidae; Lyme disease; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; New York; Recombinant Proteins - immunology; Ribonucleoproteins - immunology; Sensitivity and Specificity; tick; Tropical bacterial diseases; United States; North America; America; New York; Parasitiformes; Human; Lyme disease; Antibody; Borrelia infection; Biological marker; Exposure; Epidemiology; Ixodes scapularis; Infection; Arachnida; Acari; Ixodida; Arthropoda; Bacteriosis; Diagnosis; Invertebrata; Molecular biology; Ixodidae; Public health; Spirachaetosis