Validation of a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of antibodies against Babesia bovis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1212-1216

  Goff, Will L ^a,g   Molloy, John B ^b   Johnson, Wendell C ^a   Suarez, Carlos E ^a   Pino, Ignacio ^c   Rhalem, Abdelkebir ^d   Sahibi, Hamid ^d   Ceci, Luigi ^e   Carelli, Grazia ^e   Adams, D Scott ^f   McGuire, Travis C ^g   Knowles, Donald P ^a   McElwain, Terry F ^g,h  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Veterinary Clinic   (Puerto Rico)

^d INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^f VMRD INC   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Washington Anim Dis Diagn Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RAP1 PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248670126     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00196-06     Document Type: Article

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