Babesia bovis: Identification of immunodominant merozoite surface proteins in soluble culture-derived exoantigen

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 776-780

  Johnson, W Carl ^a   Perryman, Lance E ^a,b   Goff, Will L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; EPITOPE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BABESIA BOVIS; CATTLE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030823563     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050338     Document Type: Article

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