Serological studies of an acid-labile O-polysaccharide of Proteus vulgaris OX19 lipopolysaccharide using human and rabbit antibodies

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 669-675

  Kaca, Wieslaw ^a   St Swierzko, Anna ^a   Ziolkowski, Andrzej ^a   Amano, Ken Ichi ^b   Senchenkova, Sof'ya N ^c   Knirel, Yuriy A ^c  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; Proteus vulgaris OX19; Weil Felix test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SP.; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 3543106007     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02338.x     Document Type: Article

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