Immunogenicity of Ehrlichia ruminantium grown in tick cell lines

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 177-185

  Bell Sakyi, Lesley ^a   Paxton, Edith ^a   Wright, Paul ^a   Sumption, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia ruminantium; Heartwater; Immunisation; Tick cell lines

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

DISEASE VECTOR; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CELL LINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CELL LINE; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; IXODIDAE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 0141683923     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025386114098     Document Type: Article

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