Validation for use with coyotes (Canis latrans) of a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Dirofilaria immitis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 45-58

  Sacks, B N ^a   Chomel, B B ^a   Kasten, R W ^a   Chang, C C ^b   Sanders, R K ^c   Leterme, S D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ZOETIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Dirofilaria immitis; ROC curve; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CARNIVORA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 0037121006     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00254-6     Document Type: Article

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