Reactivity of serum samples of dogs and horses tested by use of class-specific recombinant-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of granulocytic ehrlichiosis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1365-1369

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Ijdo, Jacob W ^b,d   Van Andel, Amy E ^b,e   Wu, Caiyun ^b,f   Oliver Jr , James H ^c   Fikrig, Erol ^b  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNECTICUT; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GEORGIA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEW YORK; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0035463134     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1365     Document Type: Article

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