Comparison of a clinic-based ELISA test kit with the immunofluorescence test for the assay of Ehrlichia canis antibodies in dogs

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 240-244

  Waner, Trevor ^a   Strenger, Carmella ^b   Keysary, Avi ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b Life Science Research Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KINETICS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034181708     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870001200307     Document Type: Article

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