Canine antibody response to Blastomyces dermatitidis WI-1 antigen

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 554-558

  Klein, Bruce S ^a   Squires, Richard A ^b   Foyer Lloyd, Janice K ^b   Ruge, Daniel R ^a   Legendre, Alfred M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCES; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; WI 1 PROTEIN, FUNGAL; WI-1 PROTEIN, FUNGAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CALIFORNIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENNESSEE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034184069     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.554     Document Type: Article

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