An immunohistochemical method for detecting bradyzoite antigen (BAG5) in toxoplasma gondii-infected tissues cross-reacts with a Neospora caninum bradyzoite antigen

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 354-355

  McAllister, Milton M ^a   Parmley, Stephen F ^b   Weiss, Louis M ^c   Welch, Valerie J ^a   McGuire, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTISERUM; EPITOPE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CROSS REACTION; FERRET; GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; FERRETS; HEART; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEOSPORA; RABBITS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029931077     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284181     Document Type: Article

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