Comparison of two recombinant major outer membrane proteins of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent for use in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 652-657

  Tajima, Tomoko ^a   Zhi, Ning ^a   Lin, Quan ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Horowitz, Harold W ^b   Ralfalli, John ^b   Wormser, Gary P ^b   Hechemy, Karim E ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033911319     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.4.652-657.2000     Document Type: Article

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