A comparison of serologic tests for the detection of serum antibodies to whole-cell and recombinant Borrelia burgdorferi antigens in cattle

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 667-673

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Bushmich, Sandra L ^b   Sherman, Bruce A ^c   Fikrig, Erol ^d  

^a The Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Connecticut Dept of Agriculture ^*  (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN P35;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; BRUCELLA; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONNECTICUT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BOS TAURUS; BRUCELLA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 4544324216     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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