Comparison of major antigenic proteins of six strains of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent by Western immunoblot analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2606-2611

  Zhi, N ^a   Rikihisa, Y ^a   Kim, H Y ^a   Wormser, G P ^b   Horowitz, H W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030803193     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2606-2611.1997     Document Type: Article

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