Antibody to the Dirofilaria immitis aspartyl protease inhibitor homologue is a diagnostic marker for feline heartworm infections

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1231-1236

  Frank, Glenn R ^a   Mondesire, Roy R ^a   Brandt, Kevin S ^a   Wisnewski, Nancy ^a  

^a HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE MARKER; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITOSIS; SCREENING TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0032425087     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284679     Document Type: Article

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