The use of enzyme linked immunosorbent assays to investigate the prevalence of Trypanosoma equiperdum in Ethiopian horses

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 239-250

  Alemu, T ^a   Luckins, A G ^b   Phipps, L P ^c   Reid, S W J ^d   Holmes, P H ^d  

^a Natl Tsetse Trypanosomiasis I   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Antigens; Dourine; ELISA; Ethiopia; Trypanosoma equiperdum

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HORSE; INOCULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RABBIT; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABBITS; SKIN; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM;

EID: 0030821540     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01139-9     Document Type: Article

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