Seroprevalence of Babesia equi among horses in Israel using competitive inhibition ELISA and IFA assays

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-259

  Shkap, Varda ^a   Cohen, I ^b   Leibovitz, B ^a   Savitsky, ^a   Pipano, E ^a   Avni, G ^c   Shofer, S ^b   Giger, U ^b   Kappmeyer, L ^d   Knowles, D ^d  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia equi; ELISA; Epidemiology protozoa; Horse; IFA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; ISRAEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GEOGRAPHY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA EQUI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032580497     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00228-8     Document Type: Article

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