Development of an Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of IgM Antibodies to Babesia bigemina in Cattle

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 237-240

  Gonçalves Ruiz, Patrícia M ^a   Passos, Lygia M F ^a   Machado, Rosangela Z ^b   Lima, José D ^a   Ribeiro, Múcio F B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; ELISA; IgM

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BOOPHILUS BIGEMINA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035257994     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000200017     Document Type: Article

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