Comparative performance of tests using cytosolic or outer membrane antigens of Brucella for the serodiagnosis of canine brucellosis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-375

  Wanke, María M ^a   Delpino, M Victoria ^b   Baldi, Pablo C ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brucella spp.; Cytosolic proteins; Dog; ELISA; Outer membrane antigens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUMAZINE SYNTHASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CYTOSOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0036709841     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00152-9     Document Type: Article

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