Evaluation of the high-density agglutination test for Coxiella burnetti antibodies in animals

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 676-680

  Nguyen, Sa V ^a   To, H ^a   Minamoto, N ^a   Ogawa, M ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^a   Fukushi, H ^a   Hirai, K ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SERUM;

EID: 0030728684     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.6.676-680.1997     Document Type: Article

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