Comparison of manual and homogenizer methods for preparation of tick-derived stabilates of Theileria parva: Equivalence testing using an in vitro titration model

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-49

  Mbao, V ^b   Speybroeck, N ^a   Berkvens, D ^a   Dolan, T ^c   Dorny, P ^a   Madder, M ^a   Mulumba, M ^d   Duchateau, L ^e   Brandt, J ^a   Marcotty, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATIVES   (Zambia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Equivalence testing; Homogenization; Immunization; Sporozoite; Theileria parva; Tick derived stabilate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EAST COAST FEVER; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; SPOROZOITE; TECHNIQUE; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK; TITRIMETRY;

ANIMALS; PARASITOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOROZOITES; THEILERIA PARVA; TICKS; TITRIMETRY;

ACARI; BOS TAURUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 22444437864     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007365     Document Type: Article

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