Sensitivity and specificity of antigen-capture ELISAs for diagnosis of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax infections in cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-201

  Eisler, Mark C ^a   Lessard, Pierre ^b   Masake, Rachael A ^b   Moloo, Shamshudeen K ^b   Peregrine, Andrew S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle protozoa; Diagnosis protozoa; ELISA; Trypanosoma spp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TSETSE FLY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS REACTIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GOATS; INSECT VECTORS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 0031751265     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00173-3     Document Type: Article

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