Validation of the indirect MAP1-B enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of experimental Cowdria ruminantium infection in small ruminants

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-72

  Mboloi, Martin M ^a   Bekker, Cornelis P J ^a   Kruitwagen, Cas ^a   Greiner, Matthias ^b   Jongejan, Frans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR ANTIGENIC PROTEIN 1; PARASITE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SHEEP;

EID: 0032898222     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.1.66-72.1999     Document Type: Article

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