Diagnostic potential of an iron-regulated hemin-binding protein HbpA that is widely conserved in Leptospira interrogans

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 772-776

  Sridhar, Velineni ^a   Manjulata Devi, Sundru ^b   Ahmed, Niyaz ^b   Sritharan, Manjula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; HbpA; L. interrogans; Leptospiral hemin binding protein A; Leptospirosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; HEMIN BINDING PROTEIN A; HEMIN BINDING PROTEIN A ANTIBODY; IRON; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA MEYERI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIROCHETE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HEMEPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRON; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA SEROVAR PATOC; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR LAI; LEPTOSPIRA MEYERI SEROVAR RANARUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 55549112542     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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