Diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi in Saudi Arabian Camels (Camelus dromedarius) by the Passive Haemagglutination Test and Ag-ELISA

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 627-633

  Omer, O H ^a   Magzoub, M ^a   Haroun, E M ^a   Mahmoud, O M ^a   Abdel Hamid, Y M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAMEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CAMELS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0032246255     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1998.tb00836.x     Document Type: Article

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