Performance of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of antibodies against T. congolense and T. vivax in goats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-95

  Lejon, Veerle ^a   Rebeski, Dierk E ^b   Ndao, Momar ^a,e   Baelmans, Rudy ^a   Winger, Eva M ^c   Faye, Déthié ^d   Geerts, Stanny ^a   Büscher, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Lohmann Animal Health GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c Animal Production Unit   (Austria)

^d International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibody; Goat; I TAB ELISA; Serum; Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosoma congolense; Trypanosoma vivax

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 0142090673     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00257-7     Document Type: Article

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