Diagnosis of canine babesiosis by Percoll gradient separation of parasitized erythrocytes

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-104

  Comazzi, Stefano ^a   Paltrinieri, Saverio ^a   Manfredi, Maria Teresa ^a   Agnes, Francesco ^a  

^a Ist Patologia Generale Veterinaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCOLL; POVIDONE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; PARASITEMIA; POVIDONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0032622504     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879901100119     Document Type: Article

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