Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent infection in a pony vaccinated with a Borrelia burgdorferi recombinant OspA vaccine and challenged by exposure to naturally infected ticks

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-71

  Chang, Yung Fu ^a   McDonough, Sean P ^a   Chang, Chao Fu ^a   Shin, Kwang Soon ^a   Yen, William ^a   Divers, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HORSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK;

EID: 0033977660     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.7.1.68-71.2000     Document Type: Article

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