Recombinant ligA for leptospirosis diagnosis and ligA among the Leptospira spp. clinical isolates

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-81

  Srimanote, Potjanee ^a,b   Wongdeethai, Nattawut ^b   Jieanampunkul, Pathumporn ^b   Samonkiert, Suwanna ^b   Leepiyasakulchai, Chaniya ^b   Kalambaheti, Thareerat ^b   Prachayasittikul, Virapong ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute leptospirosis; ELISA; Human leptospirosis; IgG; IgM; Leptospira spp.; ligA; Recombinant leptospral immunoglobulin like protein A

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIGA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA SANTORASAI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LIGA;

EID: 37449021987     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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