Development and evaluation of a recombinant antigen, monoclonal antibody-based competitive ELISA for heartwater serodiagnosis

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-135

  Katz, Jonathan B ^a   DeWald, Rick ^a   Dawson, Jacqueline E ^b   Camus, Emanuel ^c   Martinez, Dominique ^c   Mondry, Ricarda ^c  

^a National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Ctr Coop Internationale Rech A   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MAJOR ANTIGENIC PROTEIN 1, COWDRIA RUMINANTIUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOAT; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CATTLE; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GOATS; HEARTWATER DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031114857     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879700900204     Document Type: Article

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