Evaluation of the card agglutination test (CATT/T. evansi) for detection of Trypanosoma evansi infection in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Egypt

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Hilali, M ^a   Abdel Gawad, A ^a   Nassar, A ^a   Abdel Wahab, A ^a   Magnus, E ^b   Buscher P ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Egypt; Serodiagnosis; Trypanosoma evansi; Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BUFFALO; CAMEL; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EGYPT; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BUFFALOES; EGYPT; MICE; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 1942424795     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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