Validation of a Western Blot for the detection of anti-Trichinella spp. antibodies in domestic pigs

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1269-1277

  Frey, C F ^a   Schuppers, M E ^b   Nockler K ^c   Marinculic A ^d   Pozio, E ^e   Kihm, U ^b   Gottstein, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SAFOSO   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOMESTIC PIG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 67349112469     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1321-9     Document Type: Article

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