Value of antigen and antibody detection, and blood evaluation parameters in diagnosis of avian invasive aspergillosis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 121-127

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a,b   Cranfield, Michael R ^b,c   Klein, Patrice N ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Medical Department   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus antigen; Aspergillus spp.; Avian aspergillosis; Circulating antigen; Inhibition ELISA

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; DUCK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIRD DISEASES; DUCKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0031400605     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006805816537     Document Type: Article

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