Detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in naturally infected horses in the USA by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using whole-cell and recombinant antigens

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-103

  Magnarelli, Louis ^a   Fikrig, E ^b  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Borrelia burgdorferi; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays; Horses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRANULOCYTE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LYME DISEASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EQUIDAE;

EID: 19944393928     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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