Validation of the indirect fluorescent antibody and the complement fixation tests for the diagnosis of Theileria equi

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-108

  Ogunremi, Oladele ^a   Georgiadis, Marios P ^b   Halbert, Gary ^c   Benjamin, Jane ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^d   Lopez Rebollar, Laura ^e  

^a Centre for Food Borne and Animal Parasitology   (Canada)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bayesian; CF; IFA; Sensitivity; Specificity; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

EVANS BLUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EQUIDAE; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 34547185030     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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