Evaluation of three enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for the detection of serum antibodies in sheep infected with Echinococcus granulosus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 57-76

  Kittelberger, Reinhold ^a   Reichel, Michael P ^b   Jenner, Judy ^a   Heath, David D ^c   Lightowlers, Marshall W ^d   Moro, Pedro ^e   Ibrahem, Mohamed M ^f   Craig, Philip S ^f   O'Keefe, Joseph S ^a  

^a National Center for Disease Investigation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b Novartis Animal Health Australasia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; ELISA; Hydatid; Hydatid cyst fluid; Oncosphere; Protoscolex

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HYDATID CYST; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-5; NEW ZEALAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037065231     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00308-4     Document Type: Article

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