Evaluation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with recombinant antigens for the serodiagnosis of equine Babesia infections

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 158-161

  Huang, Xiaohong ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Katayama, Yoshinari ^b   Anzai, Toru ^b   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. caballi; B. equi; Bc48; ELISA; EMA 2t

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; EQUIDAE;

EID: 33746494048     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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