(borrelia burgdorferi) polynucleotides and sequences

摘要

The present invention relates to novel vaccines for the prevention or attenuation of Lyme disease. The invention further relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding antigenic polypeptides of Borrelia burgdorferi. Antigenic polypeptides are also provided, as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention additionally relates to diagnostic methods for detecting Borrelia gene expression.