Expression of recombinant proteins of Orientia Tsutsugamushi and their applications in the serodiagnosis of scrub typhus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-142

  Tay, S T ^a   Rohani, M Y ^b   Ho, T M ^b   Devi, Shamala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036891207     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00434-0     Document Type: Article

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