Recombinant multiepitope protein for diagnosis of leptospirosis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1711-1714

  Lin, Xu'ai ^a   Chen, Yin ^b   Yan, Jie ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL21; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL32; RECOMBINANT LEPTOSPIROSIS MULTIEPITOPE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LMP GENE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT GENE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55849116693     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00189-08     Document Type: Article

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