Antibody response to Hepatozoon canis in experimentally infected dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 299-305

  Baneth, Gad ^a   Shkap, Varda ^b   Samish, Michael ^b   Pipano, Eugene ^b   Savitsky, Igor ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dog; Gametocyte; Hepatozoon canis; IgG; IgM; Immune response Protozoa

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GAMETOCYTE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AZURE STAINS; BABESIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOSPORA; NEUTROPHILS; PARASITEMIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; TOXOPLASMA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032583764     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00160-X     Document Type: Article

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