Antibodies to the CP24 protein of Brucella melitensis lack diagnostic usefulness in ovine brucellosis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-107

  Delpino, M Victoria ^a   Cassataro, Juliana ^a,b   Fossati, Carlos A ^a   Baldi, Pablo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; CP24 protein; Diagnosis; ELISA; Ribosome recycling factor; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BRUCELLA VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUMAZINE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN CP24; PROTEIN CP24 ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERD; LAMB; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SERUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SOLUBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037454434     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(03)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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