Serology of Orthopoxvirus cameli infection in dromedary camels: Analysis by ELISA and Western blotting

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-78

  Azwai, S M ^a,c   Carter, S D ^a   Woldehiwet, Z ^a   Wernery, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Camel; Camelpox; Camelus dromedarius; Contagious ecthyma; Dromedary; ELISA; Libya; Monoclonal antibodies; Orthopoxvirus cameli; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAMEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELPOX VIRUS; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PARAPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 0030027665     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0147-9571(95)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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