Characterization of monoclonal antibodies to the 44-kilodalton major outer membrane protein of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3278-3284

  Kim, Hyung Yong ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MOUSE; NEORICKETTSIA SENNETSU; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; NEORICKETTSIA SENNETSU; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031717461     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3278-3284.1998     Document Type: Article

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