Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum igg in the serum of cats

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 957-960

  Lappin, Michael R ^b   Ungar, Beth ^a   Brown Hahn, Brenda ^b   Cooper, Christi M ^b   Spilker, Melissa ^b   Thrall, MaryAnna ^b   Hill, Steven L ^b   Cheney, John ^b   Taton Allen, Glenda ^b  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COLORADO; CROSS REACTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREVALENCE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0030731659     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284299     Document Type: Article

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