Analysis of variable major protein antigenic variation in the relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia miyamotoi, in response to polyclonal antibody selection pressure

• Robert D. Gilmore ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rbg9@cdc.gov

  Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8687-9535

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• Brittany A. Armstrong,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0895-0567

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• Kevin S. Brandt,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Taylor J. Van Gundy,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Andrias Hojgaard,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Job E. Lopez,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Alexander R. Kneubehl

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6243-4096

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