Development of an Immunochromatographic Test with Recombinant EMA-2 for the Rapid Detection of Antibodies against Babesia equi in Horses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 359-361

  Huang, Xiaohong ^a,b   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Xu, Longshan ^b   Zhang, Shoufa ^c   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Suzuki, Naoyoshi ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

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

^b Fujian Ctr for Dis Contr/Prev   (Japan)

^c YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MEROZOITE ANTIGEN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIOSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0347723818     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.359-361.2004     Document Type: Article

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