Exposure of swine to Trichinella spiralis antigen as determined by consecutive ELISAs and western blot

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 430-433

  Shin, Sung S ^a,b   Elvinger, François ^a,c   Prestwood, Annie K ^a   Cole Jr , John R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIAPHRAGM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEORGIA; LARVA; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0030955516     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284405     Document Type: Article

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