Evaluation of the indirect fluorescent antibody test as a diagnostic tool for East Coast fever in eastern Zambia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 189-198

  Billiouw, M ^a   Brandt, J ^b   Vercruysse, J ^c   Speybroeck, N ^b   Marcotty, T ^b   Mulumba, M ^d   Berkvens, D ^b  

^a Institute of Tropical Medicine ^*  (Zambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Ctr for Ticks and Tick borne Dis   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; East Coast fever epidemiology; Fluorescent antibody test; Sensitivity; Specificity; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EAST COAST FEVER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERD; HERD IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 13844266006     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.09.028     Document Type: Article

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