Kinetics of antibody response to Ehrlichia canis immunoreactive proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2516-2524

  McBride, Jere W ^a,b   Corstvet, Richard E ^c,d   Gaunt, Steven D ^c   Boudreaux, Charles ^d   Guedry, Thaya ^c   Walker, David H ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KINETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 0242500346     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.5.2516-2524.2003     Document Type: Article

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