Western immunoblotting analysis of the antibody responses of patients with human monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis to different strains of ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 731-735

  Chen, Sheng Min ^a   Cullman, Louis C ^b   Walker, David H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b MRL Diagnostics   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030727110     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.6.731-735.1997     Document Type: Article

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