Article
Generation and characterization of a lipopolysaccharide-specific murine monoclonal antibody to Proteus vulgaris OX19
2007-06-01
Abstract excerpt
The three strains of non-pathogenic Proteus species namely, Proteus vulgaris OX2, P. vulgaris OX19 and Proteus mirabilis OXK used in the Weil-Felix test are the group-specific cross-reactive antigens for Rickettsia and Orientia species. Earlier studies have revealed that the group specific and cross-reactive antigens responsible for the Weil-Felix test lie mostly in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) moiety of the bacte...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- fd6d3e9f-c37c-50c7-902b-5d7ea713f206
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11274-006-9304-4
