ELISA detection of malaria sporozoites: False-positive results in Anopheles gambiae s.l. associated with bovine bloodmeals

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-102

  Lochouarn, L ^a,b   Fontenille, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Detection; ELISA; False positivity; Plasmodium; Sporozoites

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032975676     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90198-0     Document Type: Article

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