Evaluation of peptide- and recombinant protein-based assays for detection of anti-Ehrlichia ewingii antibodies in experimentally

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1195-1200

  O'Connor, Thomas P ^a   Saucier, Jill M ^a   Daniluk, Daryn ^a   Stillman, Brett A ^a   Krah, Regis ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^b   Xiong, Qingming ^b   Yabsley, Michael J ^c   Adams, Dustin S ^c   Diniz, Pedro Paulo V P ^d   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^d   Gaunt, Stephen D ^e   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^a  

^a IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EHRLICHIA EWINGII ANTIBODY; EHRLICHIA EWINGII OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 28; EHRLICHIA EWINGII SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; EHRLICHIA EWINGII TRUNCATED OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 28; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIA EWINGII INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; IMMUNOASSAY; MISSOURI; PEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANAPLASMA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII;

EID: 77958527011     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.71.10.1195     Document Type: Article

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