Serologic diagnosis of canine and equine borreliosis: Use of recombinant antigens in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-173

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^b   Padula, Steven J ^c   Anderson, John F ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^b  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0031059941     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.169-173.1997     Document Type: Article

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