Serodiagnosis of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis by using novel combinations of immunoreactive recombinant proteins

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2466-2476

  Lodes, M J ^a   Mohamath, R ^a   Reynolds, L D ^a   McNeill, P ^a   Kolbert, C P ^a   Bruinsma, E S ^a   Benson, D R ^a   Hofmeister, E ^a   Reed, S G ^a   Houghton, R L ^a   Persing, D H ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; EPITOPE; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EHRLICHIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034950709     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2466-2476.2001     Document Type: Article

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