Use of monoclonal antibodies to lipopolysaccharide for antigenic analysis of Coxiella burnetii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1747-1749

  Hotta, Akitoyo ^a   Kawamura, Midori ^a   To, Ho ^a   Andoh, Masako ^a   Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fukushi, Hideto ^a   Amano, Ken Ichi ^b   Hirai, Katsuya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; PLASMIDS; Q FEVER; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0037389939     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1747-1749.2003     Document Type: Article

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