VirB12 is a serological marker of Brucella infection in experimental and natural hosts

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-214

  Rolán, Hortensia G ^a   Den Hartigh, Andreas B ^a   Kahl McDonagh, Melissa ^b   Ficht, Thomas ^b   Adams, L Garry ^b   Tsolis, Renée M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN VIRB11; PROTEIN VIRB12; PROTEIN VIRB5; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GOAT; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; C57BL MOUSE; CATTLE DISEASE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOATS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 40449085112     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00374-07     Document Type: Article

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