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Complement Evasion by Borrelia burgdorferi: Serum-Resistant Strains Promote C3b Inactivation by Alitalo, A, Meri, T, Rämö, L, Jokiranta, T S, Heikkilä, T, Seppälä, I J, Oksi, J, Viljanen, M, Meri, S

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Subtly Impaired Humoral Immunity Predisposes to Frequently Recurring Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection and Herpetic Neuralgia by Seppänen, Mikko, Meri, Seppo, Notkola, Irma-Leena, Seppälä, Ilkka J. T., Hiltunen-Back, Eija, Sarvas, Heikki, Lappalainen, Maija, Välimaa, Hannamari, Palikhe, Anil, Valtonen, Ville V., Lokki, Marja-Liisa

“…BackgroundImmunogenetic factors predisposing to recurrent genital herpes remain poorly characterized MethodsIn a prospective case-control study, 52 consecutive…”
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Lysine-Dependent Multipoint Binding of the Borrelia burgdorferi Virulence Factor Outer Surface Protein E to the C Terminus of Factor H by Alitalo, Antti, Meri, Taru, Chen, Tong, Lankinen, Hilkka, Cheng, Zhu-Zhu, Jokiranta, T. Sakari, Seppala, Ilkka J. T, Lahdenne, Pekka, Hefty, P. Scott, Akins, Darrin R, Meri, Seppo

“…Serum resistance, an important virulence determinant of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains belonging to the Borrelia afzelii and B. burgdorferi sensu…”
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Antibodies to decorin-binding protein B (DbpB) in the diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis in children by Sillanpää, Heidi, Skogman, Barbro H, Sarvas, Heikki, Seppälä, Ilkka J.T, Lahdenne, Pekka

“…Highlights • Antibodies towards three decorin binding protein B (DbpB) variants were evaluated. • DbpB variant from Borrelia garinii performed best both in CSF…”
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Cerebrospinal fluid chemokine CXCL13 in the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis in children by Sillanpää, Heidi, Skogman, Barbro H., Sarvas, Heikki, Seppälä, Ilkka J. T., Lahdenne, Pekka

“…Abstract Background: The diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) requires laboratory confirmation because neurological symptoms indicative of LNB are not…”
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Concentrations of Serum Immunoglobulins and Antibodies to Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharides in Patients with Recurrent or Chronic Sinusitis by Tahkokallio, Olli, Seppälä, Ilkka J. T., Sarvas, Heikki, Käyhty, Helena, Mattila, Petri S.

“…A study was carried out to search for underlying immunoglobulin deficiencies in 25 patients with recurrent or chronic sinusitis. The mean duration of the…”
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Evaluation of two human plasma pools as candidate international standard preparations for syphilitic antibodies by Rigsby, Peter, Ison, Catherine, Brierley, Matthew, Ballard, Ron, Hagedorn, Hans-Jochen, Lewis, David A., Notermans, Daan W., Riis, Jørn, Robertson, Peter, Seppälä, Ilkka J.T., Rijpkema, Sjoerd

“…A collaborative study was designed to asses two freeze-dried human plasma preparations containing anti- Treponema pallidum antibodies, 05/132 and 05/122, for…”
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RETRACTED: Evaluation of two Human plasma pools as candidate International Standard Preparations for syphilitic antibodies by Rigsby, Peter, Ison, Catherine, Brierley, Matthew, Ballard, Ron, Hagedorn, Hans-Jochen, Lewis, David A, Notermans, Daan W, Riis, Jørn, Robertson, Peter, Seppälä, Ilkka J T, Rijpkema, Sjoerd

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Improved serodiagnosis of erythema migrans using novel recombinant borrelial BBK32 antigens by Lahdenne, Pekka, Panelius, Jaana, Saxen, Harri, Heikkila, Tero, Sillanpaa, Heidi, Peltomaa, Miikka, Arnez, Maja, Huppertz, Hans-Iko, Seppala, Ilkka J.T

“…1 Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Stenbäckinkatu 11, 00290 Helsinki, Finland 2 Department of Bacteriology and Immunology,…”
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Maternal Antibodies Partly Inhibit an Active Antibody Response to Routine Tetanus Toxoid Immunization in Infants by Sarvas, Heikki, Kurikka, Sari, Seppälä, Ilkka J. T., Mäkelä, P. Helena, Mäkelä, Olli

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The percentages of six immunoglobulin isotypes in human antibodies to tetanus toxoid: standardization of isotype-specific second antibodies in solid-phase assay by Seppälä, I J, Routonen, N, Sarnesto, A, Mattila, P A, Mäkelä, O

“…The solid-phase radioimmunoassay for human antibodies was improved so that it gave the total concentration as well as the concentrations of IgM, IgA, IgG1,…”
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Induction and characterization of isogeneic anti-idiotypic antibodies to BALB/c myeloma S117: lack of reactivity with major idiotypic determinants by Seppälä, I J, Eichmann, K

“…Isogeneic anti-idiotypic antibodies were induced by immunization of BALB/c mice with the BALB/c-derived myeloma protein S117 which binds…”
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IgG subclass distributions in anti-hapten and anti-polysaccharide antibodies induced by haptenated polysaccharides by Sarvas, H O, Aaltonen, L M, Péterfy, F, Seppälä, I J, Mäkelä, O

“…Mice were immunized with hapten [NIP, (4-hydroxy-5-iodo-3-nitrophenyl)acetyl or TNP (2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)] conjugates of Ficoll or pneumococcal polysaccharide…”
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Occurrence and specificity of antibodies against group-specific polysaccharides in beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections by Seppälä, I J, Larinkari, U, Räsänen, T, Valtonen, V V

“…We studied the possibility of detecting beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections by determining antibodies against the group specific polysaccharides from…”
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