Utility of adult antigens of Dirofilaria immitis for the early detection of dirofilariosis and for the evaluation of chemoprophylactic treatment in experimentally infected cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-13

  Prieto, G ^a   Simon F ^a   Genchi, C ^b   McCall, J W ^c   Venco, L ^d  

^a Avda Campo Charro S   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Clinical Institute Città di Pavia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult somatic and excretory secretory antigens; Cat; Diagnosis nematoda; Dirofilaria immitis; ELISA; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CARDOTEK; IVERMECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART; IVERMECTIN; LUNG; MALE;

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032764985     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00116-8     Document Type: Article

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