Passive antibody to Bartonella henselae protects against clinical disease following homologous challenge but does not prevent bacteremia in cats

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1880-1882

  O'Reilly, K L ^a   Parr, K A ^a   Brown, T P ^a   Tedder Ferguson, B ^a   Scholl, D T ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE;

EID: 0035119154     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.3.1880-1882.2001     Document Type: Article

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