Immunodiagnosis of Ehrlichia canis infection with recombinant proteins

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 315-322

  McBride, J W ^a   Corstvet, R E ^a   Breitschwerdt, E B ^a   Walker, D H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0035161271     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.315-322.2001     Document Type: Article

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