Serum antibody levels against select bacterial pathogens in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, from Beaufort NC USA and Charleston Harbor, Charleston, SC, USA

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-179

  Beck, B M ^a   Rice, C D ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti IgG monoclonal antibodies; Bottlenose dolphin; Estuarine health; Marine bacterial pathogens; Monitoring; Sero prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BACTERIA; CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; ESTUARIES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

PATHOGENS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CONCANAVALIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN G;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DOLPHIN; PATHOGEN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESTUARY; FEMALE; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SHIPPING; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYPHAENIDAE; MYCOBACTERIA MARINUM; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0037332794     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00274-X     Document Type: Article

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