Usefulness of detection of specific IgM and IgG antibodies for diagnosis of clinical encephalitozoonosis in pet rabbits

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 143-148

  Jeklova, Edita ^a   Jekl, Vladimir ^b   Kovarcik, Kamil ^a   Hauptman, Karel ^b   Koudela, Bretislav ^b   Neumayerova, Helena ^b   Knotek, Zdenek ^b   Faldyna, Martin ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

ELISA; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Neurological disorders; Rabbit; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; RABBIT; RABBIT DISEASE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; RABBITS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77952891826     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.029     Document Type: Article

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