Diagnosis of trypanosomiasis in experimental mice and field-infected camels by detection of antibody to trypanosome tyrosine aminotransferase

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1245-1249

  Sawalhy, Ahmed El ^a   Seed, John R ^a,b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAMELS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TYROSINE TRANSAMINASE;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 0032442842     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284681     Document Type: Article

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