Comparison of cellular schizont, soluble schizont and soluble piroplasm antigens in ELISA for detecting antibodies against Theileria annulata

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 93-101

  Manuja, Anju ^a   Nichani, A K ^b   Kumar, Rakesh ^b   Rakha, N K ^b   Kumar, Balvinder ^a   Sharma, R D ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON BUFFALOES   (India)

^b CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Antigen; ELISA; Piroplasm; Schizont; Theileria annulata

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; SCHIZONT; SERODIAGNOSIS; TECHNIQUE; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIASIS;

BOVINAE; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

EID: 0033990822     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00166-1     Document Type: Article

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