Failure to demonstrate involvement of antibodies to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies of animals

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 197-205

  Nielsen, K ^a   Widdison, J ^a   Balachandran, A ^a   Stevenson, D ^a   Algire, J ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus; Antibody; BSE; CWD; Diagnosis; Scrapie; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; RED DEER; SHEEP;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; DEER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PRION DISEASES; SHEEP;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037191080     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(02)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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