Seroepidemiologic studies on Babesia equi and Babesia caballi infections in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Heuchert, C M S ^a   De Giulli Jr , V ^a   De Athaide, D F ^a   Bose R ^a   Friedhoff, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Babesia equi; Brazil; Horse; Incidence; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; HORSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAZIL; CATTLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032999441     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00108-9     Document Type: Article

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