Use of a monoclonal antibody against Babesia bovis merozoite surface antigen-2c for the development of a competitive ELISA test

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1026, Issue , 2004, Pages 165-170

  Dominguez, Mariana ^a   Zabal, Osvaldo ^a   Wilkowsky, Silvina ^a   Echaide, Ignacio ^a   De Echaide, Susana Torioni ^a   Asenzo, Gustavo ^a   Rodríguez, Anabel ^a   Zamorano, Patricia ^a   Farber, Marisa ^a   Suarez, Carlos ^b   Florin Christensen, Monica ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Bovine babesiosis; Competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (competitive ELISA); Merozoite surface antigen 2c (MSA 2c); Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10444271901     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1307.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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