Dromedary complement (C3): Purification, characterisation and quantitation of its levels during experimental Trypanosoma evansi infection in camels

Journal of Camel Practice and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-218

  Ouma, Johnson O ^a   Olaho Mukani, W ^a,b   Mutani, A ^a,c   Wishitemi, B E L ^a,c   Guya, S O ^a  

^a Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute   (Kenya)

^b Livestock Health Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

C3; Camel; Dromedary; Hypocomplementaemia; Trypanosoma evansi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032236367     PISSN: 09716777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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