Evaluation of coproantigen diagnosis for natural Echinococcus multilocularis infection in red foxes

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Morishima, Yasuyuki ^a   Tsukada, Hideharu ^a   Nonaka, Nariaki ^a   Oku, Yuzaburo ^a   Kamiya, Masao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echinococcus multilocularis; Oproantigen

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; AUTOPSY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOXES; INTESTINE, SMALL; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

EID: 0033069940     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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