Adaptation and validation of antibody-ELISA using dried blood spots on filter paper for epidemiological surveys of tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis in cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 91-99

  Hopkins, Julian S ^a   Chitambo, Harrison ^b   Machila, Noreen ^c   Luckins, Anthony G ^d   Rae, Phillip F ^d   Van Den Bossche, Peter ^a   Eisler, Mark C ^e,f  

^a Regl Tsetse Trypanosomosis C   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c Ctrl Veterinary Research Institute   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cattle parasitological diseases; Diagnosis; ELISA; Sensitivity; Specificity; Trypanosomosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032238036     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00101-9     Document Type: Article

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