Antigenic lipopolysaccharide components of Legionella pneumophila recognized by monoclonal antibodies: Possibilities and limitations for division of the species into serogroups

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2841-2845

  Helbig, Jürgen Herbert ^a   Kurtz, John B ^b   Pastoris, Maddalena Castellani ^c   Pelaz, Carmen ^d   Lück, Paul Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CROSS REACTION; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030774795     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2841-2845.1997     Document Type: Article

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