An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for the detection of antibodies against babesia boris in cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-26

  Machado, R Z ^a   Montassier, H J ^a   Pinto, A A ^a   Lemos, E G ^a   Machado, M R F ^a   Valadao I F F ^b   Barci, L G ^c   Malheiros, E B ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b CNPQ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia hovis; Cattle; ELISA; SDS PAGE; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030806393     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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