Persistence of antibodies against epitopes encoded by a single gene copy of the Babesia bovis merozoite surface antigen 1 (MSA-1)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 449-452

  McElwain, Terry F ^a   Hines, Stephen A ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031978787     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284511     Document Type: Article

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