Characterization of variable immunodominant antigens of Cowdria ruminantium by ELISA and immunoblots

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 613-622

  Perez, Jean Marie ^a   Martinez, Dominique ^a,c   Sheikboudou, Christian ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^b   Bensaid, Albert ^a  

^a Ctr Intl en Rech A   (Guadeloupe)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Cowdria ruminantium; Polymorphic antigens; Serotype; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOATS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; RABBITS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032438268     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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