Patent ID: 8313915
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G01N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of distinguishing vaccinated or non-vaccinated animals that have been infected with Borrelia burgdorferi from a) non-vaccinated animals that have not been infected with Borrelia burgdorferi and b) animals that have been vaccinated with a Borrelia burgdorferi vaccine that does not stimulate substantial production of an antibody reactive with a 20 kDa polypeptide in a Western blot assay, but have not been infected with Borrelia burgdorferi , the method comprising: a) contacting a biological sample from an animal with an isolated b) detecting whether antibodies in the sample specifically bind to the wherein, if antibodies in the biological sample specifically bind to the polypeptide, then the animal is infected with