The diagnosis of Echinococcus granulosus in dogs

Parassitologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-412

  Varcasia, A ^a   Garippa, G ^a   Scala, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copro antigens; Diagnosis; Dogs; Echinococcosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; HELMINTH DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARECOLINE; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; DNA, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 23644459260     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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