Pre-exposure Prophylaxis With OspA-Specific Human Monoclonal Antibodies Protects Mice Against Tick Transmission of Lyme Disease Spirochetes

Conclusions. Our study indicates that OspA-specific HuMabs can prevent the transmission of Borrelia and that administration of these antibodies could be employed as preexposure prophylaxis for Lyme disease.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - June 22, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Wang, Y., Kern, A., Boatright, N. K., Schiller, Z. A., Sadowski, A., Ejemel, M., Souders, C. A., Reimann, K. A., Hu, L., Thomas, W. D., Klempner, M. S. Tags: BACTERIA Source Type: research