Rapid Immunochromatographic Test Using Recombinant SAG2 for Detection of Antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in Cats

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 351-353

  Huang, Xiaohong ^a,b   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Hirata, Haruyuki ^a   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Xu, Longshan ^b   Suzuki, Naoyoshi ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

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

^b Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT SURFACE ANTIGEN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAPID IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MICE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0345832018     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.351-353.2004     Document Type: Article

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