Evaluation of a polyvalent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay incorporating a recombinant p44 antigen for diagnosis of granulocytic ehrlichiosis in dogs and horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-32

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Ijdo, Jacob W ^b,c   Van Andel, Amy E ^b,d   Wu, Caiyun ^b   Fikrig, Erol ^b  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EQUIDAE;

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0035227797     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.29     Document Type: Review

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