Diagnosis of equine piroplasmosis in Xinjiang province of China by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using recombinant antigens

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-182

  Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Chahan, Bayin ^a,b   Huang, Xiaohong ^a   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Makala, Levi Hakwale ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a   Maruyama, Soich ^c   Sakai, Takeo ^c   Mikami, Takeshi ^c  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. caballi; B. equi; ELISA

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT EQUI MEROZOITE ANTIGEN 1; RECOMBINANT P48 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BABESIA; BABESIA EQUI; EQUIDAE;

EID: 0037055989     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00193-0     Document Type: Article

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