A sensitive and specific 30-min Dot-ELISA for the detection of anti-leishmania antibodies in the dog

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-228

  Vercammen, F ^a   Berkvens, D ^a   Brandt, J ^a   Vansteenkiste, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dog; Dot ELISA; Leishmania infantum

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031751491     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00166-6     Document Type: Article

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