Article
Diversity among abortion strains of Chlamydia psittaci demonstrated by inclusion morphology, polypeptide profiles and monoclonal antibodies.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Aug 1996
Vretou E, Loutrari H, Mariani L, Costelidou K, Eliades P, Conidou G, Karamanou S, Mangana O, Siarkou V, Papadopoulos O
Abstract excerpt
Twenty eight C. psittaci abortion strains had been previously classified in to 4 immunologically distinct groups on the basis of cross-protection experiments in a mouse model. To identify the molecular basis of their immunological divergence 4 representative strains were investigated by cellular,...
Topics
- Abortion, Veterinary
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Chlamydophila psittaci
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Ferrets
- Genetic Variation
- Goat Diseases
- Goats
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G