Use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of natural leishmania infections in phlebotomine sand flies from Southeastern Turkey

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-251

  Pazarbasi, Ayfer ^a   Alptekin, Davut ^a   Luleyap, H Umit ^a   Kasap, Mulkiye ^a   Kasap, Halil ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ELISA; Leishmania tropica; Phlebotomus sergenti; Turkey

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 33750994075     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0248:UOEIAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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