Recombinant NhSAG1 ELISA: A sensitive and specific assay for detecting antibodies against Neospora hughesi in equine serum

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 446-452

  Hoane, Jessica S ^a   Yeargan, Michelle R ^a   Stamper, Shelby ^a,b   Saville, William J ^a,c   Morrow, Jennifer K ^a,d   Lindsay, David S ^a,e   Howe, Daniel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Equine Biodiagnostics/IDEXX   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NHSAG1 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HORSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPORA HUGHESI; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIDAE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPORA HUGHESI;

EID: 19944373073     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-395R     Document Type: Article

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