Cloning and expression of DiT33 from Dirofilaria immitis: A specific and early marker of heartworm infection

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 331-338

  Hong, X Q ^a   Santiago Mejia, J ^a,b   Kumar, S ^a   Perler, F B ^a   Carlow, C K S ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dirofilaria immitis; DiT33; Heartworm; Ov33; Pepsin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

MARKER; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PEPSIN A; PROTEIN INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILARIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030012148     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000065859     Document Type: Article

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