Serosurvey and diagnostic application of antibody titers to aspergillus in avian species

Avian Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-494

  Cray, Carolyn ^a   Watson, Toshiba ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology and Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Psittaciform bird

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLORIDA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; AVES; PSITTACIFORMES; RAPTORES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 73449113922     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8673-030209-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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