Evaluation of homologous, heterologous, and affinity conjugates for the serodiagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1212-1216

  Silva, D A O ^a   Vitaliano, S N ^a   Mineo, T W P ^a,b   Ferreira, R A ^a,c   Bevilacqua, E ^a,d   Mineo, J R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Prefeitura de Uberlândia ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN A;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANID; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WOLF;

AFFINITY LABELS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEOSPORA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 28444479096     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-527R.1     Document Type: Article

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