Production and characterization of rabbit polyclonal sera against Shiga toxins Stx1 and Stx2 for detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 484-491

  Mendes Ledesma, Meire R B ^a   Rocha, Letícia B ^a   Bueris, Vanessa ^a   Krause, Gladys ^b   Beutin, Lothar ^b   Franzolin, Marcia R ^a   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^c   Elias, Waldir P ^a   Piazza, Roxane M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ELISA; Immunodot; Polyclonal rabbit antisera; Shiga toxin producing E. Coli

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; COLONY IMMUNOBLOT ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODOT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; VERO CELL; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 58149159919     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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