Outer membrane protein-specific monoclonal antibodies protect SCID mice from fatal infection by the obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Ehrlichia chaffeensis1

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1855-1862

  Li, J S ^a   Yager, E ^a   Reilly, M ^a   Freeman, C ^a   Reddy, G R ^a   Reilly, A A ^a   Chu, F K ^a   Winslow, G M ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE;

EID: 0035253570     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.3.1855     Document Type: Article

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