Proposed mode of action of  OspA-based vaccine

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Bb in the migut

OspA expressed

Ingested anti-OspA antibodies kill Bb in the tick midgut

No Bb to be transmitted to the host

Anti-OspA antibodies

No direct transmission of Bb from the midgut

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