Optimisation of cut-off titres in Toxoplasma gondii specific ELISA and IFAT in dog sera using immunoreactivity to SAG-1 antigen as a molecular marker of infection

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 94-98

  Silva, N M ^a   Lourenco E V ^a   Silva, D A O ^a   Mineo, J R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dog; ELISA; IFAT; SAG 1(p30); Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN P30; SAG 1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA P30 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DOG; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; ROC CURVE; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036134239     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.2001.0629     Document Type: Article

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