Evaluation of agreement of ELISA and complement fixation test in the diagnostics of Q fever in cattle

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 655-657

  Jóźwik, Anna ^a,c   Jakubowski, Tadeusz ^a   Kaba, JarosŁaw ^a   Jurkowski, Wojciech ^b   Witkowski, Lucjan ^a   Nowicki, Mariusz ^a   Frymus, Tadeusz ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Institute of Animal Hygiene   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

CF test; Kappa value; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BOS; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 34347333291     PISSN: 00258628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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