Detection of feline herpesvirus-specific antibodies and DNA in aqueous humor from cats with or without uveitis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 932-936

  Maggs, David J ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^b   Nasisse, Mark P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c Vet Eye Specialists Carolinas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIS CATUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA; UVEITIS; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UVEITIS;

EID: 0033174205     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.1999.60.08.932     Document Type: Article

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