Studies with recombinant proteins of Ehrlichia risticii: Identification of strain-specific antigen as a protective antigen

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-202

  Vemulapalli, Ramesh ^a   Biswas, Biswajit ^a   Dutta, Sukanta K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia risticii; Protective antigen; Recombinant protein; Strain specific antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ULTRAVIOLET; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0032523170     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00209-4     Document Type: Article

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