Specific antibodies reactive with the 22-kilodalton major outer surface protein of Borrelia anserina Ni-NL protect chicks from infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2633-2637

  Sambri, Vittorio ^a   Marangoni, Antonella ^a   Olmo, Andrea ^a   Storni, Elisa ^a   Montagnani, Marco ^a   Fabbi, Massimo ^b   Cevenini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ist Zooprofilattico Sperim L   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FLAGELLIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BORRELIA ANSERINA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032901308     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2633-2637.1999     Document Type: Article

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