Immunogenicity of murein-associated proteins from temperature-stressed Streptococcus suis cultures

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 272-277

  Benga, L ^a,b   Goethe, R ^a,b   Grobe Beilage, E ^a   Valentin Weigand, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEAT; IMMUNOLOGY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STRESS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEAT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STRESS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 6344294223     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2004.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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