Identification of enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains by immunoserological detection of intimin

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 878-887

  Menezes, M A ^a   Rocha, L B ^a   Koga, P C M ^a   Fernandes, I ^a   Nara, J M ^a   Magalhaes C A ^a   Abe, C M ^a   Ayala, C O ^b   Burgos, Y K ^b   Elias, W P ^a   Castro, A F P ^b   Piazza, R M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EHEC; EPEC; Immunoblotting; Intimin antibodies; Monoclonal antibody; Polyclonal antiserum

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; DISSOCIATION; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RATS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

E. COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC E COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC E COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTIMIN; INTIMIN ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

INTIMIN; INTIMIN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G 2B MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; IMMUNOASSAY; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 76449117312     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04484.x     Document Type: Article

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