Immunodiagnosis of Besnoitia besnoiti infection by ELISA and Western blot

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 216-225

  Cortes, H C E ^a   Nunes, S ^b   Reis, Y ^c   Staubli, D ^b   Vidal, R ^d   Sager, H ^b   Leitao A ^c   Gottstein, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Besnoitia; Cattle; ELISA; Immunodiagnosis; Western blot

Indexed keywords

BESNOITIA BESNOITI; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BESNOITIOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33749667046     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.05.023     Document Type: Article

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