Dog-DAT: A direct agglutination test using stabilized, freeze-dried antigen for the serodiagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 235-239

  Oskam, Linda ^a   Slappendel, Rob J ^b   Beijer, Eef G M ^b   Kroon, Nel C M ^a   Van Ingen, Cor W ^c   Özensoy, Seray ^d   Özbel, Yusuf ^d   Terpstra, Wiepko J ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SVM Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health and Environmental Protection   (Netherlands)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

canine visceral leishmaniasis; direct agglutination test

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FREEZE DRYING; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NETHERLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

EID: 0030608479     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(96)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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