The early humoral response in human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 687-692

  Ijdo, Jacob W ^b   Zhang, Yan ^b   Hodzic, Emir ^b   Magnarelli, Louis A ^b   Wilson, Mark L ^b   Telford III, Sam R ^b   Barthold, Stephen W ^b   Fikrig, Erol ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030807606     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514091     Document Type: Article

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