Diagnosis of ovine enzootic abortion, using a competitive ELISA based on monoclonal antibodies against variable segments 1 and 2 of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia psittaci serotype 1

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 228-235

  Salti Montesanto, Viviane ^a   Tsoli, Eleana ^a   Papavassiliou, Periklis ^a   Psarrou, Evgenia ^a   Markey, Bryan K ^b   Jones, Gareth E ^c   Vretou, Evangelia ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SYNTHESIS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; PSITTACOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0031093125     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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