Production and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies to Brucella melitensis cytosoluble proteins that are able to differentiate antibody responses of infected sheep from Rev. 1 vaccinated sheep

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 206-213

  Cloeckaert, A ^a   Salih Alj Debbarh, H ^a   Zygmunt, M S ^a   Dubray, G ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029838444     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-45-3-206     Document Type: Article

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