Improved detection of circulating antigen in cattle infected with Taenia saginata metacestodes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 269-274

  Van Kerckhoven, I ^a   Vansteenkiste, W ^a   Claes, M ^a   Geerts, S ^a   Brandt, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle; Circulating antigen; Cysticercosis; Diagnosis; ELISA; Monoclonal antibodies; Taenia saginata

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; TAENIA SAGINATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAENIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CESTODA; TAENIA SAGINATA;

EID: 0032580441     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00226-4     Document Type: Article

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