Western and dot blotting analyses of Ehrlichia chaffeensis indirect fluorescent-antibody assay-positive and -negative human sera by using native and recombinant E. chaffeensis and E. canis antigens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3888-3895

  Unver, Ahmet ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Ohashi, Norio ^a   Cullman, Louis C ^b,d   Buller, Richard ^c   Storch, Gregory A ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MRL Reference Laboratory   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RP28 ANTIGEN; RP30 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032728572     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.3888-3895.1999     Document Type: Article

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