Characterization of an immunoreactive protein from the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1172-1178

  Kolbert, C P ^a   Bruinsma, E S ^a   Abdulkarim, A S ^a,e   Hofmeister, E K ^a   Tompkins, R B ^b   Telford III, S R ^c   Mitchell, P D ^d   Adams Stich, J ^a   Persing, D H ^a,b  

^a Division of Anatomic Pathology   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 0030962042     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1172-1178.1997     Document Type: Article

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