Serological diagnosis of Brucella infections in odontocetes

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 906-915

  Hernández Mora, Gabriela ^a   Manire, Charles A ^b   González Barrientos, Rocío ^a   Barquero Calvo, Elías ^a   Guzmán Verri, Caterina ^a   Staggs, Lydia ^c   Thompson, Rachel ^d   Chaves Olarte, Esteban ^a,e   Moreno, Edgardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Gulf World Marine Park   (United States)

^d Six Flags Discovery Kingdom   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ROSE BENGAL;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CETI; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOLPHIN; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CETACEA; COSTA RICA; IMMUNOASSAY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67249130373     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00413-08     Document Type: Article

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