Qualitative evaluation of selective tests for detection of Neospora hughesi antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of experimentally infected horses

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1239-1246

  Packham, Andrea E ^a   Conrad, Patricia A ^a   Wilson, W David ^a   Jeanes, Lisa V ^a   Sverlow, Karen W ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^a   Daft, Barbara M ^a   Marsh, Antoinette E ^a   Blagburn, Byron L ^a   Ferraro, Gregory L ^a   Barr, Bradd C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

DETECTION METHOD; PARASITOLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; INOCULATION; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; TITRIMETRY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEOSPORA HUGHESI; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 0036942454     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1239:qeostf]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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