Validation and comparison of three enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of antibodies to Cowdria ruminantium infection

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 849, Issue , 1998, Pages 262-272

  Mondry, R ^a,b   Martinez, D ^a   Camus, E ^a   Liebisch, A ^b   Katz, J B ^c   Dewald, R ^c   Van Vliet, A H M ^d   Jongejan, F ^e  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; GUADELOUPE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP; SUPERNATANT; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031872494     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11058.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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