Use of recombinant antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays to detect antibodies in white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-258

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Ijdo, Jacob W ^b   Ramakrishnan, Uma ^a   Henderson, David W ^c   Stafford III, Kirby C ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^b  

^a The Connecticut Agricl Experiment ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Community Services Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Antibodies; Borrelia burgdorferi; ELISA; Odocoileus virginianus

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 4043089432     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.2.249     Document Type: Article

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