Development of a recombinant indirect ELISA for the diagnosis of Theileria sp. (China) infection in small ruminants

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 561-567

  Miranda, J ^a   Bakheit, M A ^b   Liu, Z ^c   Yin, H ^c   Mu, Y ^d   Guo, S ^d   Beyer, D ^b   Oliva, A ^a   Ahmed, J S ^b   Seitzer, U ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute   (China)

^d Department of Parasitology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CHINA; CLONE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIVESTOCK; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE LIBRARY; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MEROZOITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; COCCIDIA; OVIS ARIES; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIA SP.;

EID: 33645458627     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0105-8     Document Type: Article

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