Detection of antibodies to Streptobacillus moniliformis in rats by an immunoblot procedure

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-455

  Boot, R ^a   Van De Berg, L ^a   Vlemminx, M J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immunoblot; Rat; Serology; Streptobacillus moniliformis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RODENT DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOBACILLUS;

STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS;

EID: 33750142768     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367706778476442     Document Type: Article

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