Sensitivity and specificity of various serological tests for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in naturally infected sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 359-362

  Shaapan, R M ^a   El Nawawi, F A ^b   Tawfik, M A A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

DT; ELISA; IFAT; MAT; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SHEEP; STAINING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 42249109986     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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