Chronic Mycoplasma conjunctivitis in house finches: Host antibody response and M. gallisepticum VlhA expression

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 129-137

  Grodio, Jessica L ^a   Ley, David H ^b   Schat, Karel A ^a   Hawley, Dana M ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Carpodacus mexicanus; Haemorhous mexicanus; House finch; IgA; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; VlhA

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FINCH; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRD DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 84880135639     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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