Immunogenic characterization of egg-adapted gametocytes of Eimera tenella

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-296

  Akhtar, Masood ^a   Hafeez, M Abdul ^a   Javed, M Tariq ^a   Hussain, Iftikhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; EGG; EIMERIA TENELLA; EPIDEMIC; GAMETOCYTE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHICK EMBRYO; COCCIDIOSIS; COUNTERIMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; CROSS REACTIONS; EIMERIA TENELLA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEOME; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EIMERIA TENELLA;

EID: 33745759202     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0160-9     Document Type: Article

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