Isolation and evaluation of Coxiella burnetii O-polysaccharide antigen as an immunodiagnostic reagent

Acta Virologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-180

  Hussein, A ^a   Kovacova E ^a   Toman, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila psittaci; Coxiella burnetii; ELISA; Immunodiagnostic reagent; O specific polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; LIPID A;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; O ANTIGENS; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0035175221     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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