Immunodominant major outer membrane proteins of Ehrlichia chaffeensis are encoded by a polymorphic multigene family.

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Published in Infect Immun on January 01, 1998

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N Ohashi1, N Zhi, Y Zhang, Y Rikihisa

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1: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1093, USA.

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