Characterisation of recombinant immunoreactive antigens of the scab mite Sarcoptes scabiei

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 329-337

  Kuhn, C ^a   Lucius, R ^a   Matthes, H F ^b   Meusel, G ^a   Reich, B ^a   Kalinna, B H ^a,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Fa AFOSA GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ELISA; Recombinant antigen; Sarcoptes scabiei

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT IMMUNOREACTIVE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; SARCOPTES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SUIDAE;

EID: 42249089859     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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