Direct agglutination test for Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 235-240

  Jordan, Carly N ^a,c   Zajac, Anne M ^a   Snowden, Karen S ^b   Lindsay, David S ^a  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglutination test; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Encephalitozoon hellem; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; Immunofluorescent antibody assay; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CROSS REACTIONS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 30944443234     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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