Kinetics and diagnostic and prognostic potential of quantitative Western blot analysis and antigen-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in experimental canine leishmaniasis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-276

  Talmi Frank, D ^a   Strauss Ayali, D ^a   Jaffe, C L ^a   Baneth, G ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; LEISHMANIA ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 33644892188     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.13.2.271-276.2006     Document Type: Article

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