Antibody-mediated elimination of the obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Ehrlichia chaffeensis during active infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2187-2195

  Winslow, Gary M ^a,b   Yager, Eric ^b   Shilo, Konstantin ^a,c   Volk, Erin ^b   Reilly, Andrew ^a   Chu, Frederick K ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034060810     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.2187-2195.2000     Document Type: Article

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