Maternally and naturally acquired antibodies to Shiga toxins in a cohort of calves shedding Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3695-3704

  Fröhlich, Julia ^a   Baljer, Georg ^a   Menge, Christian ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALF SERUM; FECAL CULTURES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NATURAL CONDITIONS; SERUM SAMPLES; SHIGA TOXIN; TOXIGENIC; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BODY FLUIDS; CELL CULTURE; DAMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLITES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTIBODIES;

BACTERIAL DNA; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DETECTION METHOD; IMMUNOASSAY; JUVENILE; SERUM; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MILK LEVEL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COLOSTRUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; MILK; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 66249143358     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02869-08     Document Type: Article

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