Application of the recombinant Theileria annulata surface protein in an indirect ELISA for the diagnosis of tropical theileriosis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-302

  Bakheit, M A ^a   Schnittger, L ^a   Salih, D A ^b   Boguslawski, K ^a   Beyer, D ^a   Fadl, M ^c   Ahmed, J S ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT THEILERIA ANNULATA SURFACE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; STANDARDIZATION; SUDAN; THEILERIA ANNULATA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TROPICAL THEILERIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIASIS;

THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

EID: 1542405137     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1055-7     Document Type: Article

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