Antibody responses to recombinant protein fragments of the major outer membrane protein and polymorphic outer membrane protein POMP90 in Chlamydophila abortus-infected pregnant sheep

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 770-777

  Livingstone, Morag ^a   Entrican, Gary ^a   Wattegedera, Sean ^a   Buxton, David ^a   McKendrick, Iain J ^b   Longbottom, David ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS ANTIBODY; MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN VS2; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN POMP90; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SHEEP; UTERUS; ZOONOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 23844510836     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.6.770-777.2005     Document Type: Article

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