Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA and antigen in the circulating mononuclear cell fractions of humans and koalas

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2744-2747

  Bodetti, Tracey J ^a   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BEAR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MARSUPIALIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0034059453     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2744-2747.2000     Document Type: Article

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