Evaluation and comparison of an indirect fluorescent antibody test for detection of antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona, using serum and cerebrospinal fluid of naturally and experimentally infected, and vaccinated horses

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 379-386

  Duarte, Paulo C ^a   Daft, Barbara M ^a,b   Conrad, Patricia A ^a   Packham, Andrea E ^a   Saville, William J ^a,c   MacKay, Robert J ^a,d   Barr, Bradd C ^a,b   Wilson, W David ^a   Ng, Terry ^a,e   Reed, Stephen M ^a,c   Gardner, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e ZOETIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; PARASITE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EQUINE PROTOZOAL MYELOENCEPHALITIS; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 2442557057     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3263     Document Type: Article

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