A novel 57-kDa merozoite protein of Babesia gibsoni is a prospective antigen for diagnosis and serosurvey of canine babesiosis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 85-94

  Aboge, Gabriel Oluga ^a   Jia, Honglin ^a   Terkawi, Mohamad Alaa ^a   Goo, Younkyoung ^a   Kuriki, Ken ^b   Nishikawa, Yoshifumi ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

57 kDa merozoite protein; B. gibsoni; ELISA

Indexed keywords

BABESIA GIBSONI 57 KDA MEROZOITE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEROZOITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548599669     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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