Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with conserved immunoreactive glycoproteins gp36 and gp19 has enhanced sensitivity and provides species-specific immunodiagnosis of Ehrlichia canis infection

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Cárdenas, Ana Maria ^a   Doyle, C Kuyler ^a   Zhang, Xiaofeng ^a   Nethery, Kimberly ^a   Corstvet, Richard E ^c,d   Walker, David H ^a   McBride, Jere W ^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

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP19; GLYCOPROTEIN GP200; GLYCOPROTEIN GP36; RECOMBINANT GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOPROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947187265     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00361-06     Document Type: Article

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