TY - GEN AU - Hart,Thomas AU - Nguyen,Ngoc Thien Thu AU - Nowak,Nancy A AU - Zhang,Fuming AU - Linhardt,Robert J AU - Diuk-Wasser,Maria AU - Ram,Sanjay AU - Kraiczy,Peter AU - Lin,Yi-Pin TI - Polymorphic factor H-binding activity of CspA protects Lyme borreliae from the host complement in feeding ticks to facilitate tick-to-host transmission SN - 1553-7374 PY - 2018///0706 KW - Animals KW - Arachnid Vectors KW - microbiology KW - Bacterial Proteins KW - genetics KW - Borrelia burgdorferi Group KW - immunology KW - Complement Factor H KW - Complement System Proteins KW - metabolism KW - Coturnix KW - Disease Models, Animal KW - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay KW - Female KW - Flagellin KW - Flow Cytometry KW - Horses KW - Humans KW - Ixodes KW - Lyme Disease KW - Male KW - Mice KW - Mice, Inbred BALB C KW - Mice, Inbred C3H KW - Mice, Inbred C57BL KW - Nymph KW - Polymorphism, Genetic KW - Species Specificity KW - Surface Plasmon Resonance N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007106 ER -