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In the present study, we developed an immuno-PCR (iPCR)-based approach employing recombinant<jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>-expressed<jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">B. burgdorferi<\/jats:named-content>antigens for objective detection of a host immune response to<jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">B. burgdorferi<\/jats:named-content>infection. iPCR is a liquid-phase protein detection method that combines the sensitivity of PCR with the specificity and versatility of immunoassay-based protocols. Use of magnetic beads coated with intact spirochetes provided effective antigen presentation and allowed detection of host-generated antibodies in experimentally infected mice at day 11 postinoculation, whereas host-generated antibodies were detected at day 14 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and day 21 by immunoblotting. Furthermore, magnetic beads coated with recombinant<jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">B. burgdorferi in vivo<\/jats:named-content>-expressed antigen OspC or BmpA demonstrated positive detection of host-generated antibodies in mice at day 7 postinoculation with markedly increased iPCR signals above the background, with the quantification cycle (<jats:italic>C<jats:sub>q<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic>) value for each sample minus the mean background<jats:italic>C<jats:sub>q<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic>plus 3 standard deviations (\u0394<jats:italic>C<jats:sub>q<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic>) being 4 to 10, whereas \u0394<jats:italic>C<jats:sub>q<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic>was 2.5 for intact spirochete-coated beads. iPCR demonstrated a strong correlation (Spearman rank correlation = 0.895,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.0001) with a commercial ELISA for detection of host antibodies in human Lyme disease patient sera using the<jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">B. burgdorferi<\/jats:named-content>VlsE C6 peptide. In addition, iPCR showed potential applicability for direct detection of spirochetes in blood. 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